Benapole Express fire: We demand United Nation’s probe into train arson: BNP
Staff Reporter :
The main opposition party-BNP on Saturday denounced the arson attack on the Benapole Express Train that killed four passengers.
Bitterly criticizing the incident, the party alleged that the government is playing with fire through conducting such arson attacks to make political gains shifting the blame on the opposition parties.
“The government has again started playing with fire. They have resorted to the old game as they played in the past to hold a one-sided national election,” said BNP Senior Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi while picketing in support of their party’s 48-hour hartal that began 6m on Saturday to protest against Sunday’s ‘lopsided’ polls.
The BNP leader claimed that the ruling party tried to gain political advantage earlier by resorting to a hellish rampage of arson.
“People believe that yesterday’s (Friday’s) Benapole Express train fire and casualties were part of the government’s old game,” Rizvi said.
Stating that the arson on the Benapole Express Train was an ill-motivated, the BNP leader once again demanded an international investigation into the incident under the supervision of the United Nations.
As the people have come up with a massive response to the movement of the BNP and other opposition parties for democracy, the BNP leader said adding that the ruling quarter is playing with people’s lives by indulging in arson and terrorism.
“The government has been hatching plots one after another to arrange the election like an authoritarian country, and putting the blame onto the opposition,” Rizvi alleged.
He said the government aims to stay in power by eliminating the opposition parties, especially BNP.
Chhatra Shibir demans judiciary probe: Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir demanded judiciary probe into the arson attack on Benapole Express train on Friday night.
Chhatra Shibir’s Central President Monjurul Islam and Secretary General Zahidul Islam in a joint statement condemned the heinous arson attack and called for a judicial probe into the incident.
