Bangladesh can’t be called democratic due to autocracy, lack of good governance: GM Quader

Jatiya Party Chairman and deputy leader of the opposition GM Quader today said that Bangladesh cannot be called a democratic state due to "autocracy" and lack of good governance.

He said it is not possible to practice democracy because of what is happening in the country in the name of parliamentary democracy.

"Anarchic situation like that in Noakhali's Bashurhat has been created all over the country. The imbalance of power has given birth to corruption and misrule in the country," he said while welcoming around 50 leaders and activists of different parties who joined Jatiya Party at a programme at the JP chief's Banani office.

GM Quader said that autocracy is on in the country in the name of parliamentary democracy since the handover of power by late president HM Ershad in 1991.

"The ruling party has robbed the peace of people of the country through tender manipulation, nepotism and extortion. Politics of looting has started since 1991 and the common people are being tortured by the political activists," he said. 

Meanwhile, Jatiya Party Secretary General Ziauddin Ahmed Bablu said the present government has taken away people's right to vote and deprived them of freedom of speech.

He also said there is no rule of law in the country so rape is happening every day but the victims are not getting justice.