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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has commented that Awami League has destroyed the economy for its own sake. He said, Awami League is smuggling money abroad. The bank is emptying. Again they are spending extra money by implementing various big projects including Padma Setu, Udal Setu, Metrorail. During our time, the cost of Padma Setu was estimated at 10 thousand crore rupees. They built the bridge at 30 crore rupees. Contracts with Indian companies are giving losses of 1.5 lakh crore rupees. But the price of electricity is increasing repeatedly in the country. People can’t eat. Awami League has destroyed the country’s economy for its own sake, destroyed the freedom of the press, destroyed the education system. Today, all the educational institutions are under the control of the Chhatra League.

He said these things in his speech as the chief guest at the Biennial Conference of Metropolitan BNP at Sylhet Sadar Upazila Sub Registry Ground at 11 o’clock on Friday (March 10). Under the chairmanship of metropolitan BNP convenor Abdul Qayyum Jalali Panki and joint convenors Rezul Hasan Lodi Qais, Saleh Ahmad Khosru and Humayun Kabir Sahin, the acting chairman of the party took part in the conference virtually.

He said, “Today there is no rule of law anywhere.” Awami League is doing everything by using the state machinery. Attacks, cases, killings and disappearances are trying to stop the movement. But people of the country are waking up more. They will not find a way to escape.’

Mirza Fakhrul also said, the government is talking about so much development, then why is there unrest in the country? This government has not done a single good thing. Rice is not available below 70 rupees. The people of the country are disoriented today due to the increase in commodity prices. Where will people go today? Gas-electricity prices are being increased again and again.

BNP Secretary General said that Khaleda Zia used to start the program from Sylhet. You should start such movement and program from here.

Demanding the transfer of power to the caretaker government and the formation of a new election commission, he said that the Awami League itself did not respect the constitution and said, Fakhrul said, “The people of this country have made an ineffective constitution by repeatedly tearing the constitution that was written in 1972. They destroyed the constitution whenever they got the chance. The election will be held in the light of the constitution. But they do not obey the constitution. They are trying to come back to power by voting in the dark of night.

BNP Vice Chairman Dr. gave a special guest speech at the conference. AZMA Zahid, Advisor to Chairperson Khandaker Abdul Muktadir, Enamul Haque Chowdhury and Tahsina Rushdir Luna, Sylhet City Mayor and Executive Member of BNP Ariful Haque Chowdhury, Organizing Secretary Dr. Sakhawat Hasan Jiban, Co-Organizing Secretary Kalim Uddin Ahmad Milan, Central Leader Abdul Ghaffar, Central Member Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury and others.

Before the speech, Mirza Fakhrul inaugurated the conference by hoisting national and party flags and flying pigeons. Council will be held in the afternoon. In this, 1 thousand 917 councilors of 27 wards of the metropolis will elect the leadership of the BNP in the metropolis through direct voting. Eight people are contesting for three posts. Among them- former metropolitan president Nasim Hossain and current convening committee member secretary Miftah Siddiqui as general secretary, two joint convenors of the current convening committee Farhad Chowdhury Shamim and Emdad Hossain Chowdhury and convening committee member Syed Safeq Mahbub as organizational secretary, former sports secretary Rezaul Karim Nachan, Ward No. 5 BNP General Secretary Abdullah Shafi Saheed, Mahanagar BNP’s former Co-Freedom Fighter Affairs Secretary and Ward No. 21 BNP’s former Organizing Secretary Mustafa Kamal Farhad are contesting.