Leftists slam govt on reforms

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Top leaders of four left-leaning parties criticised Thursday the present reform measures undertaken by the caretaker government, reports bdnews24.com.
"The government has to get to the bottom of corruption to wipe it out," said President of the Workers' Party Rashed Khan Menon.
"It's not possible to stop looting and corruption in a free-market economy," he observed.
Menon was accompanied by leaders of the Communist Party of Bangladesh, the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and Samyabadi Dal, who voiced similar complaints against the government's reform plans.
They made the complaints while talking to reporters Zia International Airport Thursday, after their 11-day visit to China.
The leaders asked the government to ignore prescriptions by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) and to go for more comprehensive reforms that will yield better results for the country.
The 16-member delegation held meetings with senior officials from the Chinese foreign ministry and other agencies in China.
Menon said: "A huge process of reform is taking place in China. But those reforms are in line with the Chinese character."
In connection with Chinese thinking on the current situation in Bangladesh Menon said: "China is an old, tested friend of Bangladesh."
"They have never interfered in the past with the internal affairs of the country and they did not make any comment about it this time either," he said.
"Reforms are also being carried out in China in line their own models. Reforms in our country should also be achieved in our own way," he said.