Speaking against war, sanctions does not suit PM

People have given sanctions on them [govt]. People are saying they no longer want to see the current regime in power.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said what Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the UNGA about war and sanctions doesn't suit her as her government has been indulging in killings and enforced disappearances.

Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader said several hundred people have been taken to police stations and maimed while over 1,000 people have been killed by resorting to extra judicial killings. "That's why sanctions have been imposed on the Rab."

Fakhrul said sanctions should be first imposed on those who gave illegal orders. "The country's people have given sanctions on them [govt]. People are saying they no longer want to see the current regime in power."

BNP's national committee on the celebration of Golden Jubilee of Independence arranged the event at Jatiya Press Club.

On Friday, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina demanded an immediate end to Ukraine-Russia war and resulting sanctions for the sake of lives and livelihoods of the people throughout the world.

She made the call while delivering her speech in the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

About the murder of Munshiganj Jubo Dal activist Shahidul Islam Shaon, Fakhrul said a section of media are reporting that Shaon was killed as he got hit by brick chips from behind. "The way media are being regulated, the newspapers don't dare to speak the truth. The fact is Shaon was shot dead. He scarified his blood for the entire nation, not just for BNP."

Stating that their party has been carrying out movements all over the country on public issues, he said four leaders and activists of BNP's different associate bodies have already been killed in the movement.

The BNP leader said Shaon sustained bullet wounds in his head as police fired on their party programme in Munshiganj and he succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.

He also bemoaned that the ruling party always tries to belittle BNP founder Ziaur Rahman by carrying out "false" propaganda against him.