Mismanagement, corruption to blame
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday alleged that the prices of essentials are going up alarmingly due to the government's "corruption" and "mismanagement".
"The management of the essential consumer goods market is held hostage by a syndicate of some corrupt businessmen…," he said.
He was speaking at a press conference arranged at BNP chairperson's Gulshan office.
Fakhrul said the government has been spending public money imprudently on unnecessary projects, creating an economic crisis in the country.
He alleged that the Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation (BPC) has been indulging in corruption by selling fuel at high prices while thousands of crores of taka are being siphoned off from the power sector.
The BNP leader urged all to get united to oust the current government.
"This corrupt government has no accountability to people. They have become ruthlessly cruel and merciless as they are least bothered about the welfare of people."
He said when people are living in extreme miseries due to skyrocketing prices of the commodities, then ministers are making reckless comments, which is like rubbing salt in the wounds.
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