Undeclared state of emergency in country: BNP

The government is running the country as if there is a state of emergency, a central BNP leader said on Monday.
“An unusual state of emergency is prevailing in the country. The misrule of the government has surpassed all records of brutality,” BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi told a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan headquarters.
He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina behaves like a “wilful teenage girl who considers the country’s constitution and other organs of the state as her toys.”
He accused the government of abusing the state machinery to foil the opposition’s democratic right to hold public meetings. People’s basic rights are being snatched, he said.
Branding the government as illegal and fascist Rizvi called for ousting it in what he said a “historical revenge.”
Rizvi said the government is not allowing BNP to hold outdoor or indoor rallies “The government is suffering from psychological insecurity,” he said.
He also alleged that governing Awami League has turned into a party of killings, abductions and forced disappearances.
He accused Awami League of indulging in graft, according to UNB.