Staff Reporter:
Opposition Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker Rafiqul Islam Khan on Saturday criticized Home Minister Sala-huddin Ahmed, alleging that he had failed to maintain law and order, which had emerged as the biggest barrier to implementing the proposed national budget.
“The current law and order situation has now become the biggest obstacle to implementing the budget and also solving the problems of Bangladesh,” he said in Parliament.
The Jamaat MP, elected from Sirajganj-4 constituency, said this while taking part in the general discus-sion on the proposed national budget for 2026-2027 fiscal year in the House.
Referring to a recent report by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Rafiqul Islam claimed that 605 people were killed and 196 others were subjected to enforced disappearance during the first 100 days of the current government.
“The 605 people killed include 288 members of the ruling party. If the government cannot ensure the safety of its own party members, how can the general people expect security for their lives from this government?” he said.
Rafiqul alleged that despite the Home Minister’s competence from every aspect and speaking on various ministerial affairs, he had failed in his primary responsibility of maintaining law and order.
“I think the Home Minister has failed to maintain law and order,” he said
Rafiqul further called for a stronger drive against corruption, saying corrupt persons cannot belong to any political party but are enemies of both the country and its people.
He urged the government to recover money laundered abroad and vowed to build “a poverty-free, ter-rorism-free, corruption-free and humane Bangladesh.”
