Naogaon, Oct 19 — The government has 'gulped down the money given by foreigners to build a bridge on the river Padma', BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia alleges.
She levelled the charge of fund misappropriation at a street rally in Naogaon on Wednesday, though the donors are yet to give any fund for the Padma bridge project.
About the World Bank's suspending fund for the project following allegations of corruption, the opposition leader said, "The government has gulped down the money given by the foreigners for the project. So the World Bank suspended the funding."
She said it is not possible to implement such a large project without foreign funds.
"The Padma bridge will not be built if this government holds the power. So they'll (the government) have to go," she added.
The BNP chairperson also demanded withdrawal of a sedition case against Mufti Fazlul Haque Amini, a leader of a faction of Islami Oikya Jote. He is facing arrest warrant in the case.
"The consequences of arresting Mufti Amini will not be good," she said.
Starting from Dhaka for Chapainawabganj in the morning on Tuesday, Khaleda's motorcade reached Bogra in the afternoon. After an overnight stay in Bogra, the home district of BNP founder and her husband Ziaur Rahman, she reached Naogaon in the noon and thereafter, left for Chapainawabganj.
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