BNP leaders yesterday blamed the government for the continuous slump in the share market.
At different meetings in the capital, top leaders of the opposition said the cartels, which were responsible for the stock market turmoil in 1996 during the previous Awami league-led government, are also behind the fall this time.
“Such situation arises in the share market whenever Awami League comes to power and it causes tremendous loss to small investors,” said BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain at a discussion meeting at the Jatiya Press Club.
Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, a front organisation of BNP, arranged the discussion marking the 75th birth anniversary of late president Ziaur Rahman.
MK Anwar, a member of BNP's national standing committee, said a vested quarter with the blessing of the AL-led government has looted around 64 thousand crore taka from the stock market in the last few days.
He was addressing another discussion on Shaheed Zia's contribution to educational development at the Jatiya Press Club.
Bangladesh's economy is not in a position for which the capital market would suffer such crisis, Anwar added.
Though the discussion meetings were organised to mark Ziaur Rahman's birth anniversary, BNP leaders' speeches mostly centred around the share market plunge.
On the just concluded municipal polls, Khandaker Mosharraf and Moudud Ahmed said despite vote rigging and other irregularities, the ruling Awami League could not perform well in the election and that proved people have registered dissatisfaction with the government.