Indian government unable to cope with Sheikh Hasina's fall: Rizvi

The Indian government is unable to cope with Sheikh Hasina's fall, said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

"India's ruling BJP and its allies are also engaged in spreading propaganda. India's behaviour is interference in Bangladesh's internal affairs and a threat to independence and sovereignty," Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged during a press conference at BNP's Nayapaltan central office today (1 December).

Rizvi said peace and comfort returned to the country after democracy's enemy Sheikh Hasina fled to India. The burden of a decade and a half has been removed from the shoulders of the people.

"While everyone, regardless of race, religion, and caste, is breathing a sigh of relief, the pain and discomfort of the Indian government, which has been living peacefully amid the bloody violence of the mafia league in Bangladesh for a decade and a half, has become evident," he added.

He said now they are forming a blueprint to take back Bangladesh into their control. The Indian government thinks if Bangladesh becomes the "eighth sister", their seven sisters will be safe.

Since the fall of the fascist Hasina and her escape to India, Modi and his puppet media have been carrying out multi-dimensional conspiracies and propaganda. Some Indian media outlets are spreading fabricated stories and propaganda about the persecution of minorities in Bangladesh, and are inciting communal incitement, he added.

Banning Awami League

Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said it is not correct that their party is a barrier to banning the Awami League.

"Some in the interim government are expressing through their remarks and statements that BNP is an obstacle to banning the Awami League, which is not correct," he said.

The BNP leader said that the government holds the sole authority to decide whether to ban the Awami League or not. "It is regrettable to blame BNP for this," Rizvi bemoaned.

He mentioned that their party had also protested when the Awami League government banned Jamaat. "We hope that the interim government, including the chief advisor and other advisers, will refrain from making statements that weaken the democratic forces or create divisions in our unity," Rizvi said.

He said BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has already urged the interim government to take urgent steps to ensure the political and economic empowerment of the people.

"Earn the trust of the people. Stay in their trust. The national unity against autocracy has been forged through the blood of several thousands of students," the BNP leader said.

He said the government must show prudence so that its action or word does cause a rift in the unity of the students and the people.