The BNP will hold an hour-long sit-in programme in front of all the district offices of the Power Division across the country on June 8 to protest the ongoing load-shedding and “corruption” in the power sector.
Besides, the party will also submit a memorandum to the district power offices on the same day.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced the programme on Tuesday at a press conference at the party's Naya Paltan central office in Dhaka.
He said the programme was worked out at a meeting of their party’s Standing Committee, the highest policymaking body, on Monday night.
“A sit-in programme will be observed from 11am to 12 noon in front of the power office at the district headquarters on June 8 and a memorandum will be submitted there in protest against the unbearable load-shedding and massive corruption in the power sector.”
He said people are going through unbearable suffering due to terrible power outages across the country. "In villages and towns, people get electricity for one or two hours in 24 hours. People are experiencing load-shedding for five-six hours during the day as well.”
The BNP leader also said power is also not available in the capital for more than 3/4 hours every day.
He alleged that the government looted thousands of crores of taka in the name of quick rental power projects and subsidies for the power sector. “Their [govt] fraudulence is now clearly exposed before the people through the rampant load-shedding.”
“The Awami government has committed a criminal offence by creating scope for looting in the power sector. The indemnity law has been enacted to legitimise looting in the power sector. That is why those involved in these quick rental projects should be arrested. They are the biggest enemies of the people,” the BNP leader said.
He condemned the attack on the peaceful road march programme of Ganatantra Mancha in Bogura.
