BNP's blockade aims to attack people, burn transports: Hasan
BNP leaders are announcing blockade programmes from caves, he said
The BNP activists attack the people and burn public transports in the name of movement, Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said today.
"These are not the actions of a political party; they are the activities of terrorist organisations. The government is determined to take legal measures against all terrorists and miscreants," he said while talking to reporters after a meeting with the leaders of Online News portal Association Bangladesh (ONAB) at his official residence in city's Mintu Road.
Urging all to build resistance against the terrorists, the minister said the miscreants are the enemies of the country and its people.
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Mentioning that no one across the world burns public transport in the name of strike or blockade, he said, "We didn't burn any public transport when we were in opposition."
The minister said BNP's blockade programme has already become inactive and the traffic movement was normal yesterday. The countrymen have boycotted the blockade, he said.
About the ongoing movement of garment workers, he said the salary of the workers has been increased by 56% and the minimum salary is now Tk12,500.
"But a vested group is trying to create instability through outsiders in this sector," he added.
Mentioning that some leaders are demanding Tk25,000 for the workers, the minister said such a demand is not realistic or acceptable.
He said the prime minister has fixed Tk12,500 and a five percent increment every year for the garment workers and most of the workers have returned to their work.
But some outsiders are trying to create instability in some places, he added.
Dr Hasan said police have identified many culprits by screening video footage.
The minister urged the journalists to write investigative reports on this issue.
ONAB president Mollah M AMzad Hossain, general secretary Shaheen Chowdhury, vice president Sowmithra Deb, joint general secretaries Md Siddiqur Rahman and Ashraful Kabir, members Professor Apu Ukil, Nazrul Islam Mithu and Ayaon Ahmed, among others, addressed the meeting.
