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BNP Vice-Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu today alleged that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her associates have completely destroyed the country’s banking sector through plunder.
“Over the last 15 years, Sheikh Hasina and her allies have engaged in boundless looting, utterly devastating the banking sector,” he said.
Dudu made the remarks as the chief guest at a discussion titled ’15 Years of Anti-Fascist Struggle and the July Uprising’, organized today by Zia Parishad Agrani Bank PLC at the Maulana Akram Khan Hall of the National Press Club.
Citing the Chief Adviser’s promise to bring back laundered money, Dudu said, “The current government leader, Professor Mohammad Yunus, promised to bring that money back. He is still committed to that promise, and I hope he can fulfill it.”
On the prospects of an elected government, the senior BNP leader said, “I personally believe that if an elected government comes to power, it will be able to bring back the money laundered abroad.”
Dudu said the tradition of fraudulent elections and the collapse of the electoral system began with the 1973 election during Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s rule. He alleged that the results of that election were manipulated to declare Awami League candidates winners at the expense of opposition candidates.
Accusing Sheikh Hasina of following the same pattern and depriving people of their right to vote since 2008, Dudu said, “She must be held accountable for the genocide, bank looting, and vote rigging.”
He further claimed that Hasina’s actions over the past 15 years amount to a denial of Bangladesh’s independence and the Liberation War. “The main issues of the Liberation War were independence and democracy, and democracy means holding fair elections. She did not allow that election to happen and stole votes. She has hollowed out the country. She must be brought back, tried, and her sentence carried out,” he said.
Dudu concluded, “I believe the BNP is the only party that can save the country. For this, the party’s leaders and activists must remain united and vigilant, as they have in the past.”
