Full Reopening of Govt Offices to Intensify Pandemic: BNP

On Friday, BNP opposed the government's decision to fully reopen government offices as it believes that this will only contribute to the worsening of the coronavirus situation in the country, reports UNB.

"All have been instructed to join work of government offices and courts. It has been seen that this government is not there to save people's lives and shield them from the epidemic. They 're always talking about their own needs and getting their own wallets bigger. The government is actively helping to improve corona infections, "said BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

He said, "I think the request to enter government offices and courts in full swing is inhuman. The complete reopening of offices and courts in this manner would raise the risk of contamination, and the lives of even more citizens will be at stake because they have been diagnosed with the lethal virus.

The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking in a virtual press briefing from his Kurigram house.

On Thursday, the government asked all public servants to return to office in full swing from next week, removing restrictions on attendance in person.

Earlier on June 1, the government asked the ministries and departments not to have more than 25% of their officials and employees in their offices as part of a move to contain coronavirus spread.

Rizvi alleged that the government has so far not taken proper steps to make people aware and prevent corona. “Instead, it's pushing people towards death.”

The BNP leader also accused the government of providing people with 'false and incorrect' information about coronary artery infections only to give the impression that the situation in the country has become normal. "They 're confusing us with incorrect facts when the virus is circulating all over the country."

He said corona infection is now very common in rural areas, particularly the northern zone. "Even on this Eid-ul-Azha, we saw that there was no district town in the northern region where 50-100 people were not infected with the virus every day. This situation has been created because of the failure of the government.

Amid such a situation, the BNP leader said, the government has asked the public servants to return to their offices going against expert opinions.

Referring to the low price of the rawhides of sacrificial animals, he said the government has not taken any initiative to develop the country’s leather industry. “As a result, people are throwing the hides of the sacrificial animals on the roads and in the rivers as they’re not getting the fair prices.”

"The orphan, the destitute and the poor have been deprived of a huge amount of money due to poor rawhide prices, while the tannery industry has collapsed only because of the government's wrong policies."