Oppressors to be ousted in 2018: Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia today termed the current regime as “repressive” and vowed that the oppressors will be ousted from the country by the next year.

“We believe that the 2018 will be the year of people and the repressors will be ousted from the country,” Khaleda said while addressing an iftar party hosted by Liberal Democratic Party at Ladies Club in Dhaka this afternoon.

The BNP chief also came down heavily on the government for its failure in controlling the country’s law and order and price hike of the daily essentials.

“The law and order situation is deteriorating significantly while the prices of the daily essentials are continuously shooting up,” the former premier said.

Khaleda said the government has already pushed its hand in people’s pocket by hiking excise duty on bank account through the national budget for FY 2017-18.

The government has also increased power tariff when the entire country has plunged into darkness due to frequent load shedding.

Khaleda alleged that the 2016 was the year of bank robbery as the government looted a huge amount of money from Bangladesh Bank.

Money from different banks including Bangladesh Bank is being plundered everyday but nobody knows about the facts behind the plundering, she said.