Tarikul Islam, convener of the youth wing of the Nationalist Citizens’ Party (NCP), has warned that the BNP risks becoming irrelevant like the Awami League if it fails to stop extortion and violence.
Speaking at a press conference in the capital, he claimed that 90% of BNP’s grassroots activists rely on extortion for income and would leave the party if it were stopped.
His organization, Jatiya Juboshokti, is planning nationwide protests and petitions against extortion and violence, including demonstrations in Chattogram and other major cities.