<div><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">BNP leader Zainul Abedin Farroque on Thursday said ruling Awami&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 1rem;">League (AL) government is not a pro-people one, rather it is friendly to business community.</span></b></div><div><br></div><div>“They don’t bother about the people’s right to food as the prices of daily essentials reached all-time high in the country,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking as the&nbsp; chief guest at a rally organised by JatiyaGonotantrik Party (Jagpa) protesting soaring of prices of commodities, increased power tariffs and demanding immediate release of Khaleda Zia and other political prisoners.</div><div><br></div><div>Farroque, BNP Chairperson’s Advisory Council Member, said Awami Leaguedoesn’t want the country’s people to have a full meal. “People are struggling to buy an egg, one kg rice and one litre of oil spending lion share of their earned money as there are no products in market within their purchasing capacity.”</div><div><br></div><div>As holy Ramadan is going to begin from March 12 AL-backed syndicates have increased prices of almost all commodities, putting the poor people in hardship, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>He said an AL minister is making joke with people advising them to break their fast with plum instead of date, reports UNB</div><div><br></div><div>“We are talking about people’s rights because we (BNP) are pro-people political party. BNP believes in people’s power and never wants to grab power by any means,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>AL did nothing for people’s welfare, rather did everything for cementing their power. “They don’t want that the people of the country live with honour and dignity,” he added.</div><div><br></div><div>He also alleged that Awami League arranged a dummy election on January 7 and most of the members of the parliaments (MP) are from business community who made AL satisfied spending huge cash.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>