State of emergency due to failure of political leaders
Says Khulna mayor
Staff Correspondent
Khulna City Mayor and BNP leader Shaikh Tayebur Rahman yesterday said state of emergency was declared to avert imminent civil war in the country. Such a situation was created due to failure of top leadership of major political parties, he added. He said had he known the corruption of top-BNP leadership earlier, he would have disassociated himself from BNP politics. The BNP leader made the comments while talking to the journalists yesterday in the city after a meeting with the officials of the ministry of local government. When asked why he did not protest the wrong-doings of his fellow party-men, the mayor said when one gets involved in politics, he cannot express everything due to some obligations. Replying to a question whether there are opportunists among the leaders who are vocal about reforms in political parties, he said definitely there would be some opportunists that can be identified by examining their track records.
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