People now hostage to illegal govt: BNP

BNP alleged Wednesday that the current government has held the country's people hostage with the "audacity of its illegal power," reports UNB.

"People's rights have been snatched on the pretext of protecting independence and constitution by a vested quarter. They've constituted parliament and grabbed power without vote in the name of saving democracy, and now held the country's people hostage with the audacity of their illegal power," said BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

He came up with the harsh remarks while addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club arranged by Bhashani Smrity Sangsad in memory of Language Movement hero Abdul Matin.

The BNP leader said though Awami League (AL) talks about democracy, it does not believe in it and always tries to perpetuate power by annihilating democracy. "Awami League had snatched people's democratic rights in the past. They're also moving ahead with the same agenda now."