Left Democratic Alliance demanded the publishing of the white paper on the alleged corruption of former army chief General Aziz Ahmed and former inspector general of police Benazir Ahmed and others who are involved in money laundering and loan defaulting.
In a meeting of the central steering committee of the LDA on Wednesday, the leaders expressed concern over the incidents of Aziz, Benazir and the ruling Awami League lawmaker Anwarul Azim, saying that these incidents exposed a terrible picture of corruption.
Such incidents are impossible without the support of the current government and the patronage of the upper echelons, the LDA leaders alleged.
Ruhin Hussain Prince, general secretary of the Communist Party of Bangladesh and coordinator of Left Alliance, chaired the meeting at the CPB office in the capital.
The meeting urged the government to take appropriate measures to recover the laundered money and defaulted loans.
Expressing condolence for the victims of the recent cyclone, the meeting demanded taking necessary measures for the rehabilitation of the cyclone victims.
It expressed concern over the reports of putting more tax burden on the shoulders of people for the benefit of the looters, following the IMF鈥檚 decision ahead of the upcoming budget.
It is said that to solve the country鈥檚 economic crisis, it is necessary to give priority to the public interest, including getting out of the current system, recovering black money-laundered money-reckoning debts, stopping corruption and looting, unnecessary mega projects and stopping the import of luxury goods.
The meeting was addressed by Bangladesh Samajtantrik Dal general secretary Bazlur Rashid Feroze, Revolutionary Communist League general secretary Iqbal Kabir Zahid, BASD (Marxist) general secretary Masud Rana, general secretary of Democratic Revolutionary Party Moshrafa Mishu, executive president of Samajtantrik Party Abdul Ali, Abdus Sattar of Communist League, Mosharraf Hossain Nannu, Shahidul Islam Sabuj of Democratic Revolutionary Party, Taslima Akhter Beauty of Basad (Marxist).