Hasina\\\'s rule nothing but a formalin era: BNP

FE Team | Published: June 02, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir

Describing Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina's rule as a formalin era, BNP alleged Sunday that the current regime has spread everywhere the dangerous poison in the country destroying the economy, politics and society, report agencies.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir described the tenure of Sheikh Hasina-led government as 'dangerous' and says it is like a rotting body that needs formalin for preservation.
"They are applying formalin in all spheres including politics and economy...," Mirza Fakhrul said while speaking at a press conference at the party's central office in the city Sunday.
In reply to BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia's remark that the government was rotting, Hasina said Saturday, "It's BNP which has rotten by not taking part in the elections. We are trying to keep BNP alive with formalin."
Fakhrul said Sunday BNP did not depend on anybody's mercy. Accusing Sheikh Hasina of running the state ignoring people's and the world community's opinions, he urged the Prime Minister to shun her self-conceit and vanity and hold a fresh election under a non-party administration as soon as possible.
Or else, the BNP leader warned, people will oust this 'fascist and autocratic regime' through a street movement.
Coming down hard on the PM for claiming her government was formed with people's mandate, Fakhrul said, "The PM said why will they arrange midterm polls as her party has got 40 per cent votes? There was no voting in 154 constituencies at all, and Awami League didn't get even five percent of votes in other seats. So, how did she claim they have been elected? "
Criticising the PM for her remarks that RAB dissolution is not possible as it has now become an institution, Fakhrul said the government is trying to keep RAB to use the force for hanging onto power.
Fakhrul voiced deep concern over the killing of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) member, Nayek Mizanur Rahman, by Myanmar Border Guard Police (BGP) along the Bandarban frontier.