People won't accept gas price hike: BNP

BNP on Friday strongly opposed the government's move to hike gas tariffs and warned that people will not accept it in any way, reports UNB.

"There's a proposal to raise the gas prices of double-burner stove connections to Tk 2,100 from Tk 975 and single-burner stove 2,000 from Tk 925 at the consumer level," said BNP senior leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.

Speaking at a discussion, he said a threefold increase in gas prices has been proposed unreasonably.

"We would like to clearly say that gas prices cannot be hiked. Any increase in the gas tariffs won't be accepted. We strongly oppose such a move," the BNP leader said.

BNP's Dhaka south and north city units jointly arranged the programme at the Jatiya Press Club, marking party founder Ziaur Rahman's 86th birth anniversary.

Mosharraf, a BNP standing committee member, said the government raised the prices of fuel oil, diesel and electricity a few days back, causing serious public sufferings.

He said the government is implementing big projects taking money from people's pockets and creating scopes for the ruling party to get big commissions.

The BNP leader alleged that the ruling party leaders are siphoning off huge money abroad through indulging in plundering and 'corruption'.

He said the current government is least bothered about public sufferings since it is not elected by people.

"We'll no longer tolerate the unfair activities of the government. We must ensure the fall of this regime to get rid of all these injustices. Let's all work together to attain this goal," Mosharraf said.