Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, in his immediate reaction to the prime minister’s speech on Friday, said the head of the government has pushed the country towards ‘another wave of crisis’.
Hasina, in the televised speech to the nation on the completion of her government’s fourth year in office, made it clear that she will be heading the government for the next general election like she did in the 2014 election marred by a violent boycott by the BNP.
The prime minister, referring to the violence unleashed by the coalition of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami during the election, said the people will not accept any such move with the BNP still firm on its demand for neutral, polls-time government.
Unlike the 2014 election, the BNP has expressed eagerness for talks on the issue several times ahead of the next parliamentary polls scheduled for late 2018.
“We haven’t seen any sign of compromise to end the crisis in the prime minister’s speech. That’s why I am describing it as a reason behind our huge frustration,” Mirza Fakhrul said.
“We think her speech is unquestionably pushing the country towards another wave of crisis instead of solving the current one,” he added.
