BNP Standing Committee Member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed has alleged that the government has kept the public and political parties in the dark about the humanitarian corridor to Myanmar's Rakhine State and warned that it could drag Bangladesh into a war, reports UNB.
"We are deeply worried that the current government is talking about a humanitarian corridor (to Rakhine). We don't know what kind of corridor it will be-the people don't know, the political parties don't know-what its purpose is. Are we going to get involved in a new war?" he said.
The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a discussion, organised by International Farakka Committee, Bangladesh, told a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club in the capital on Tuesday, marking the Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani's long march towards the Farakka Dam 49 years ago.
On such a crucial issue, the BNP leader said the government should have discussed it with political parties.
Hafiz noted that the Foreign Affairs Adviser and the Chief Adviser's Press Secretary made conflicting statements regarding the corridor.
The BNP leader said the people of Bangladesh ousted the mafia regime of Sheikh Hasina through a 16-year struggle for the restoration of democracy.
Govt kept people in the dark about Rakhine corridor: Hafiz
FE Team | Published: May 14, 2025 00:14:37
Govt kept people in the dark about Rakhine corridor: Hafiz
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