Bangladesh is being turned into neighbouring countries' ‘battle corridor’: Rizvi

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Saturday said due to the ruling Awami League (AL) government’s ‘knee-jerk foreign policy’ Bangladesh is being turned into a ‘battle corridor’ of neighbouring countries.

“Keeping the borders unprotected, the government has deployed hundreds of thousands members of law enforcement agencies in the capital to suppress opposition movement,” he said at a press conference held at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office.

"Why do our borders remain unprotected, the dummy government doesn’t explain to people anything about it,” he said.

The law enforcement agencies were kept engaged to secure one person’s throne, claimed Rizvi. “The home minister and his intelligence agencies were unaware about the secessionist terrorists who attacked our sovereignty whereas they are keen to make plot how to trap opposition activists,” he alleged.

Bank robbery, abduction, attack on law enforcement agencies, and looting of their arms by so-called Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) in Bandarban is a clear sign of the failure of Sheikh Hasina’s dummy government, the BNP leader said.

He said the home minister’s remarks on KNF is fascinating as well as worrisome, as he claimed the (KNF) members were forced to leave the Bangladesh lands and maintained communication with him. But why did they carry out attack on law enforcement agencies is not clear, Rizvi said.

It is clear that Kuki-Chin National Front (KNF) is getting his favour for some unknown reason, he alleged.

Not only Bangladesh-Myanmar border is unprotected, but also Bangladesh-India border is witnessing bloodshed with the killing of the country’s innocent people on a regular basis, he said.

“Sheikh Hasina and her subservient government have kept their mouths shut over the border killings. BSF is killing Bangladeshi people along the border frequently without any valid reason. About 15 people were killed in the last three months. Even, on March 26, the day of Independence, two people named- Al Amin and Liton- were killed on the Naogoan and Lalmonirhut border”.

BNP Senior Joint Secretary General said the incumbent ‘evil power’ had celebrated Independence Day but did not utter a single word about the killings of Al Amin and Liton.