The main opposition BNP has claimed that the Awami League has designed a "blueprint" to hold a "one-sided" election, and that former autocratic ruler Hussain Muhammad Ershad is part of the conspiracy.
"Like the 1990s, a big mass and student movement is the need of the hour to foil this conspiracy. There is no alternative," BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a discussion here on Tuesday to mark the Anti-autocracy Day.
"The Awami League along with the former autocratic ruler has now emerged as 'neo autocrat' by holding power like an extremely heavy burden. They are conspiring to restore the BKSAL-type one-party rule in a different manner," Alamgir said.
Sarbadalio Chhatra Oikya, a conglomerate of students' organisations of the '90s, organised the discussion at the National Press Club auditorium on the occasion of Anti-autocracy Day.
The BNP, Awami League, Left parties and the then Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh had launched a united movement against the then autocratic ruler Ershad and forced him to step down on Dec 6, 1990. Since then, BNP and some other political parties and socio-cultural organisations observe Dec 6 as Anti-autocracy Day.
At Tuesday's discussion, Alamgir said the bifurcation of Dhaka City Corporation into separate north and south entities was also a part of this government "blueprint".
Urging the youth to step up and save the country from this "neo-autocrat", the BNP leader said the country is not safe under the present government.
He also alleged that the government did not take any initiative to stop the construction of Tipaimukh Dam by India.
"After visiting India, two advisors of the prime minister have said that Bangladesh will benefit if the dam is constructed. This is even as environmentalists and experts are concerned that the cross-border structure is a 'death trap' for 30 million people in the Meghna river basin," he said.
Alamgir also said the Awami League is least bothered about protecting national interests.
"Like the 1990s, a big mass and student movement is the need of the hour to foil this conspiracy. There is no alternative," BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a discussion here on Tuesday to mark the Anti-autocracy Day.
"The Awami League along with the former autocratic ruler has now emerged as 'neo autocrat' by holding power like an extremely heavy burden. They are conspiring to restore the BKSAL-type one-party rule in a different manner," Alamgir said.
Sarbadalio Chhatra Oikya, a conglomerate of students' organisations of the '90s, organised the discussion at the National Press Club auditorium on the occasion of Anti-autocracy Day.
The BNP, Awami League, Left parties and the then Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh had launched a united movement against the then autocratic ruler Ershad and forced him to step down on Dec 6, 1990. Since then, BNP and some other political parties and socio-cultural organisations observe Dec 6 as Anti-autocracy Day.
At Tuesday's discussion, Alamgir said the bifurcation of Dhaka City Corporation into separate north and south entities was also a part of this government "blueprint".
Urging the youth to step up and save the country from this "neo-autocrat", the BNP leader said the country is not safe under the present government.
He also alleged that the government did not take any initiative to stop the construction of Tipaimukh Dam by India.
"After visiting India, two advisors of the prime minister have said that Bangladesh will benefit if the dam is constructed. This is even as environmentalists and experts are concerned that the cross-border structure is a 'death trap' for 30 million people in the Meghna river basin," he said.
Alamgir also said the Awami League is least bothered about protecting national interests.
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