Criticising the government for what he said its growing repressive acts, BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged Wednesday that the regime has given the ruling party men 'licences' to kill opposition activists, reports UNB.
"The current illegal government is implementing its all barbaric plans to annihilate the opposition…It's given Jubo League and Chhatra League men free licences to kill and suppress the 20-party alliance leaders and activists," he said.
Mr Rizvi came up with the allegations at a press briefing at BNP's Nayapaltan central office.
The arrest of ruling party cadres in connection with some murder cases is nothing but eyewash as they being released later, he further alleged.
The BNP leader mentioned that Jubo Dal leader Kamal Uddin was hacked to death in broad daylight in Natore Tuesday.
Condemning the killing, he demanded the government immediately arrest and mete out punishment to those involved in it.
Mr Rizvi said the ruling Awami League has resorted to killings, abductions, repressions and various misdeeds only to hang onto power.
He claimed that the government-backed some student organisations are trying to create an obstacle to bringing Piash Karim's dead body to Central Shaheed Minar at the behest of top leadership of the current regime.
Another report adds: The newly formed committee of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD), the associate student body of BNP, vowed Wednesday to make the supreme sacrifice to 'restore people's voting rights and democracy' in the country, reports UNB.
"We're ready to make the supreme sacrifice to restore the annihilated democracy and the basic rights of all people, including franchise, by waging a movement in Dhaka University (DU) and all other educational institutions," said its president Rajib Ahsan.
The new JCD chief expressed the resolve while talking to reporters at BNP's Nayapaltan central office. The new committee also exchanged greetings with journalists.
Earlier Tuesday night, a 201-member 'partial' JCD committee was announced dissolving the earlier one.
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia approved the committee formed with Rajib Ahsan as its president and Akramul Hasan as general secretary.
Meanwhile, Amid the demonstrations by a group of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal rejecting the newly formed committee of the student body, three crude bombs exploded in front of BNP's Nayapaltan central office on Wednesday.
