The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday called prime minister Sheikh Hasinās remark on the provision of legalisation of undisclosed money ridiculous.
āPrime Minister yesterday [Friday] said, āIf you go to catch fish, you need to provide feedā, her remark is ridiculous,ā BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a discussion at the National Press Club.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal-JSD organised the discussion to mark the first death anniversary of JSD ideological leader Sirajul Alam Khan.
Addressing a programme in Dhaka on Friday prime minister Sheikh Hasina supported the budget provision for legalising undisclosed money saying that it should be brought to the legal network first.
āThe money should be allowed to come to the appropriate place [the banking channel] first with payment of a nominal amount of money [tax] and then they will have to pay tax regularlyā¦ If you go to catch fish, you need to provide feed,ā she said.
Criticising the remark, Fakhrul said, āWe have seen who catches whom. Even more scope was created for looting. How long will you deceive people by saying all these things?ā
āWe think that Bangladesh is in a terrible crisisā¦ We are in the hands of a ruling party that is far away from development aimed at people; they are exploiting and oppressing people. They are destroying the future of Bangladesh every moment,ā he said.
Regarding the ongoing movement, Fakhrul said that pro-democratic parties were carrying out the movement simultaneously as they believed that going back to the democratic system was the only way now.
āWe are doing this movement to take back our rights, to take back the right to vote, to guarantee the right to live and the right to speak,ā he said.