Amir Khasru slams PM’s BBC talk

DHAKA: Adviser to BNP chairperson Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said the remarks made by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina during BBC’s ‘Hard Talk’ interview tarnished the image of the country severely.

The BNP leader came up with the allegation while addressing a discussion meeting organized by ‘Deshnetri Forum’ held at the National Press Club on Tuesday.

The Chittagong city BNP president also said, “The PM presented her party’s views instead of people’s view over caretaker government issue in the interview.”

Indicating premier, he said, “Dissolving the caretaker government system, you have shut the door of democracy. Now, people are knocking at the door of democracy.”

Forewarning the government, he said, “If you delay to open the door, people will compel to break it for the sake of their interest.”

Awami League has given up the caretaker government system to kill the democracy, he claimed.

“If you fail to come back to the track of democracy, you have to pay high-price like your father for killing democracy,” Amir forewarned.

With Forum Adviser Elbert T Costa in the chair, the discussion meeting was also addressed, among others, by Juba Dal President Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal, Rasheda Begum Hira MP and forum president Shahid Chowdhury.

BDST: 1810 HRS, JUL 31, 2012
Edited by: Kaiser Ahmed, Newsroom Editor, Mohammed Humayun Kabir, Sr Newsroom Editor, M. Mahbub Alam, Asst Output Editor