Hasnat Abdullah, candidate of the National Citizen Party for the Cumilla-4 constituency, has said that it is never possible to stop bank theft by sending loan defaulters and bank looters to parliament.
He said this to journalists on the Supreme Court premises on Wednesday. He said, “If you want to bring BNP’s loan defaulters into the election illegally, then why not the Awami League? We will make Bangladesh forbidden for looters. Bank thieves can never be caught by sending bank thieves to parliament.”
Hasnat’s statement comes after the writ petition filed by Cumilla-4 BNP candidate Manjurul Ahsan Munshi was rejected. The High Court summarily rejected the writ petition that challenged the legality of the Election Commission’s decision to reinstate his nomination. Lawyers stated that this order means Manjurul Ahsan Munshi cannot participate in the election.
After the court’s order, Hasnat said, “A clear picture has emerged in the country’s politics. The looters of Awami League, the looters of BNP, all have one identity. They are bank defaulters, vote thieves, and launderers of public money to support the luxurious lifestyles of their children abroad.”
Quoting the statement of martyr Sharif Osman Hadi, he said, “Bangladesh will be made forbidden for vote thieves, bank thieves, and loan defaulters.”
Hasnat Abdullah further said, “Many candidates are practically foreign citizens, who only return to the country during election time. If a fox is given the responsibility to guard chickens, what happens? Exactly in the same way, those who steal from banks, are being sent to parliament to catch bank thieves.”
The NCP leader said that his party wants to see a government elected with the people’s mandate through a representative system. “Let those who come to power by the people’s vote come to power. We have no problem with that,” he said.
He described this movement as a long-term struggle and said that people will no longer accept the participation of loan defaulters in politics. He claims that the people have already rejected them through the events of 5 August, and then the Election Commission also excluded them.
“On 12 February, the people will once again reject them definitively,” he said.
