The ruling party also feels that BNP MPs were allowed more say in Parliament and were taking advantage of this by sharply criticizing the government. The media also used to publish his speeches with importance. But BNP has now lost its chance.
AL leaders also feel that the BNP MPs will face losses at the individual level as well. The government will now disclose the facilities availed as MPs in the form of their resignations. There was also immunity from cases and harassment for being a legislator. Now that he has resigned, government agencies will be after him.
AL presidium member Matia Chowdhary told Prothom Alo that the government is busy dealing with the fallout of the global economic crisis and has no time to consider the BNP’s demands.
He said that people will not even read the 10 points of BNP.
On the resignation of BNP MPs, Matia Chowdhary said, let them calculate their profit and loss. Awami League need not think about it.
*Reporting originally published in the print and online editions of Prothom Elo has been rewritten in English by Ghalib Ashraf