“People understand that the government is not at fault here,” he said.
He said, people did not show any interest in their (BNP's) picnic party or meeting.
Noting that prices of commodities are rising across the world due to the global crisis, he said Bangladesh is not alone in facing this problem.
“But our people still have the purchasing power. We are hopeful that the items will be available in the next Ramadan as well,” he said.
Criticizing BNP for spreading lies all the time, Quader said that it (BNP) wants to blame the government for its failures including not participating in the January 7 general elections and failing to run the movement.
“This is their negative mindset,” he said.