Senior ruling Awami League leader Suranjit Sengupta, also a lawmaker, on Wednesday condemned the police attack on the opposition chief whip Zainul Abdin Farroque the first day of the 48-hour general strike the BNP and its allies are enforcing.
Speaking in the parliament on a point of order, he also criticised the main opposition BNP for its street movements instead of attending parliament to push for its demand for the reintroduction of election-time caretaker administration.
'The incident [attack on Farroque] is unwarranted. We condemn attack,' said Suranjit adding that the BNP should come to the parliament to press home its demand for the caretaker government provision.
He also held the BNP responsible for creating an 'artificial crisis' centring on the caretaker government issue.
He said that the parliament was the only place for making a decision on the caretaker government. He said that a street movement would not be effective in this regard.
He said that even the government would not be able to introduce caretaker system ignoring the parliament.
He added that the demand for the caretaker government would not be met even if the opposition would succeed in overthrowing the government.
Suranjit urged the BNP to return to the parliament as the caretaker government was not available on the streets.
AL lawmaker Abdul Mannan, however, blamed the opposition chief whip for misbehaving with the police.
Even then, he said, the assault on the lawmaker by the police should be investigated.
Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal's Mayeen Uddin Khan Badal condemned the attack on the opposition chief whip. But, he said, Wednesday's incident of assault on the opposition chief whip was not clear to him.
'It is also said that the opposition chief whip beat the law enforcers. I expect a statement from the home minister about the incident,' Badal said.
The home minister did not give any statement in
this regard.
Source : New Age
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