Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministerl Anisul Huq said on Friday that the BNP, in alliance with war criminals and Razakars, Al-Badrs, acted as Pakistan’s broker during their rule.
They exploited and tortured the people of Bangladesh, he said.
“The development that has taken place during the present time is intolerable to BNP leaders like Mirza Fakhrul. That’s why they have lost their minds,” he said.
The law minister was speaking with reporters after inspecting the construction work of the bridge over the Teesta River at Krishnanagar village in Dharakhar Union of Akhaura upazila in Brahmanbaria.
Besides, he said, the number of loan defaulters was the highest during the BNP regime.
During the visit, the minister was accompanied by Akhaura Municipality Mayor Takjil Khalifa Kajal, former upazila chairman Sheikh Borhan Uddin, upazila Awami League’s joint general secretary Golam Samdani Ferdaus, among others.