Sheikh Hasina turned BD into crippled state, says Rizvi

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said deposed Sheikh Hasina turned Bangladesh into a crippled state.
"Sheikh Hasina during her tenure has misruled the country and frightened the people," he said.
"Jubo League and Chhatra League were considered as a symbol of panic. People used to whisper in fear when they could see Jubo League and Chhatra League men," he said.
The BNP leader was speaking at the inauguration of a free eye camp service for injured persons during July-August mass uprising against Sheikh Hasina at Sadeq Hossain Khoka Playground at Narinda in the capital on Thursday.
The event was organised by Amora BNP Paribar at the behest of the party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman.
He said during Sheikh Hasina's rule, incidents of bloodshed and torture on opponents including BNP men happened regularly.
He said many BNP leaders and activists became maimed due to tortures carried out by Awami League (AL) men.
Mr Rizvi further said AL cadres also carried out attacks on BNP leaders and activists when they were undergoing treatment at hospitals.
He said Sheikh Hasina did not take lesson from the history that unlawful acts and sins together would naturally bring down autocratic regime. For her overconfidence, Sheikh Hasina had to fled the country.
He said Sheikh Hasina never realised the consequence of facing public wrath despite committing excessive unlawful acts, siphoning off money abroad.
He said if she had realized, she would not have committed such crimes and left the country.
He alleged that those who were involved in looting public money from the banks were close associates of Sheikh Hasina.
He said only S Alam Group had looted billions of taka from banks.
"Sheikh Hasina thought that none could topple her from power and she could remain in power until death. She turned Bangladesh into a state ruled by her family dynasty,"| he continued.
Health affairs secretary of BNP Rafiqul Islam, member secretary of Dhaka South BNP Tanvir Ahmed Robin and party leaders Engineer Ishraq Hossain, M A Muhit and Moksedul Momin Mithun were present, among others.
Meanwhile, BNP Standing Committee Member Salahuddin Ahmed said if his party will go to power with people's mandate, it will rehabilitate the injured persons during July- August 2024 student-mass uprising against Sheikh Hasina.
He disclosed this while talking to the media after visiting injured persons who are now undergoing treatment at Orthopedics Hospital in the capital on Thursday.
He handed over initially Tk. 0.5 million donated by party acting chairman Tarique Rahman for treatment of injured persons during July August uprising against Sheikh Hasina.

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