BNP: Nation under one-party rule

Dhaka, June 17 (bdnews24.com) ? The BNP has alleged the government has established a 'one-party rule' in the nation.

"Using the court, the government has imposed one-party rule under a disguise?they've locked up democracy," BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told a discussion at the National Press Club.

He called upon the people to build up a movement against the present situation.

"There is no time to waste. We must wake up to protect the nation and its democracy," he said.

The discussion was organised by the BNP's cultural wing JASAS to mark the 'Black Day for the Press'. On this day in 1975, the state had ordered closure of all but the four newspapers that it owned, under the 4th Amendment that introduced a one-party rule.

Fakhrul alleged the government was selling out everything to the foreigners in the name of friendship.

"They want to make the country dependent on others and a market for other countries. That is why they gave transit," he said.

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