BNP sees an 'Indian hand' behind ruling Awami League (AL) acting tough against opposition parties and deciding to go ahead with polls without them, reports bdnews24.com.
A senior leader of the party has accused the neighbouring country of provoking the AL to 'oppress and repress the opposition.
The latest BNP tirade against India comes a day after senior party leader Mirza Abbas criticised Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran during a discussion at National Press Club in capital Dhaka on Saturday.
Without naming India, BNP acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir earlier had claimed the AL was trying to hold a unilateral election in keeping with an 'international master plan'.
But on Saturday, Abbas went further and said, "The ghost of Indian Sindabad has got better of this government."
Condemning the "India-instigated" oppression and repression, Abbas said in the past, police used to charge batons, fire rubber bullets and lob tear gas.
"I think the government is randomly firing at the provocation of a neighbouring country. This had never happen in the past."
Cautioning the government against such action, Abbas said, "One day you will have to answer for all the bullets."
"If it is possible to try anti-liberationists after 40 years, it will not be impossible, even after 40 years, to seek answers from those firing to kill. If needed, posthumous trials will be held."
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