DHAKA
\nBNP today accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of pushing people in harm\u2019s way by establishing an \u201cautocratic regime\u201d in the country.
\n\u201cTransforming one-party rule into an autocratic regime, Sheikh Hasina is putting the people of Bangladesh in danger,\u201d BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said at a press conference held at the party\u2019s Nayapaltan office.
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\nRizvi, naming 59 jailed leaders including party chief Khaleda Zia, said the government has deprived them of their fundamental rights and demanded their immediate release.
\n\u201cGovernment\u2019s oppression has made the lives of BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and thousands of jailed party leaders and activists miserable, suffocative, \u201csaid Rizvi.
\n\u201cThey have been subjected to the worst kind of oppression by depriving them of all fundamental rights,\u201d he added.
\nRizvi alleged that jailed BNP leaders including Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and thousands of others are living an inhuman life without medical treatment even if they fall ill.
\n\u201cWhile opposition parties, international rights groups and democratic nations have protested the government\u2019s oppression of BNP leaders, the government have ignored the calls,\u201d he said.
\nHe alleged that through the oppression of the opposition, Hasina has established a \u201cone-person rule\u201d in Bangladesh through a \u201cdummy election\u201d.
\n\u201cBangladesh has now become a hostage to Sheikh Hasina. Sheikh Hasina was her own opponent in this North Korea-styled election,\u201d Rizvi said.
\n\u201cHe has become the new model of autocratic dictatorship in the world,\u201d he said.
\nThe BNP leader demanded the January 7 general election be annulled and BNP leaders freed — \u201ca demand that was now also echoing globally.\u201d
\n\u201cThe people of Bangladesh do not want North Korean-style elections and single-party democracy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
DHAKA BNP today accused Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of pushing people in harm\u2019s way by establishing an \u201cautocratic regime\u201d in the country. \u201cTransforming one-party rule into an autocratic regime, Sheikh Hasina is putting the people of Bangladesh in danger,\u201d BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said at a press conference held at the party\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-380711","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n