National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener and Opposition Chief Whip Nahid Islam on Monday said that if ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina returns to Bangladesh from India in December, students and the public will take her directly from the airport to the gallows.
“Sheikh Hasina will be taken straight from the airport to the gallows. If Tarique Rahman strikes a deal with Delhi to arrange her return, we are ready to carry out Hasina's execution,” Nahid said while addressing a discussion titled ‘One-Point Demand in the Voice of Martyr Families and the Injured’, organised by NCP at the Institute of Diploma Engineers auditorium in Kakrail.
Nahid said families of 1,400 martyrs and 30,000 injured fighters of the July uprising would take to the streets and remain there until Hasina's execution is carried out.
Accusing the BNP-led government of shielding its own wrongdoing in the same manner as the Awami League once did, Nahid said BNP members themselves have admitted that nothing has changed in the past five months, with bribery and corruption continuing as before.
He alleged that a narrative was being pushed portraying Tarique Rahman as good while blaming others, similar to the propaganda once used to defend Hasina.
Nahid alleged that the public continues to suffer, citing gas shortages in households and lack of electricity, while politicisation persists across institutions, including the police.
He alleged widespread extortion and corruption in villages, claiming the only change over the past two years is that Tarique Rahman returned from London to become prime minister.
Expressing disappointment over the lack of government initiatives for the families of martyrs, the opposition chief whip said BNP has yet to take any steps for the martyrs and the injured, stressing that martyr families are a national asset who gave their lives for the liberation of the people, not to install anyone in power.
“We did not launch this movement to attain power. We declared the abolition of the fascist system. We will not allow this country to become a haven for autocracy, corruption and extortion again,” Nahid said.
Among others, NCP Member Secretary Akhter Hossen, Chief Organiser for the northern region Sarjis Alam, Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwari, Jatiya Nari Shakti Member Secretary Mahmuda Mitu, its Chief Organiser Nusrat Tabassum, and members of martyr families killed in the July uprising were present at the discussion.