Awami League (AL) and BNP yesterday strongly criticised the arrest of political leaders in the recent crackdown across the country.
In a statement, AL acting President Zillur Rahman and acting General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam said the caretaker government is arresting AL leaders to foil the party’s 6-point movement for realising several demands including the release of party chief Sheikh Hasina.
The government has launched the operation to take revenge on party activists, the AL leaders said, adding that such action reflects the government’s intolerant and autocratic attitude, which will intensify the present political crisis.
If the government continues arresting political activists, restoration of democracy would be uncertain.
They said the government launched crackdown on activists of AL and its front organisations in a planned way after filing ‘false’ cases against them.
The AL leaders demanded immediate release of the detained party leaders.
Meanwhile, BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain also criticised the government for launching overnight crackdown and rounding up of about 50 people, mostly politicians, across the country.
“These political leaders have been detained unjustly,” he said while addressing a discussion meeting organised by the Sramik Dal in the capital.
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