How do the BNP leaders talk about electricity? Have they no shame? Those, who plunged the country into darkness during their regime, are now talking about power crisis. Their dream of government getting ousted due to power outage will soon turn into a nightmare.

— Obaidul Quader Awami League general secretary

The countrywide load-shedding is an early sign of "grave economic crisis". The economists are saying problems are being created in every sector. The government will now be at a loss for what to do. People are fuming and they'll burst with anger, hastening the fall of the government.

— Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir BNP secretary general