The claim to write, without bias, approach by AFP’s Bangladesh chief Shafiqul Alam fallen flat on the face of his vigorous activism on social media that clearly exposing his favoritism towards the opposition that employed grisly spell of arson attacks on voters and sought to grab power without polls.
His facebook page clearly exposed a series of posts that clearly crafted to convince readers that BNP still holds majorities while remained out of power due to out of public support for decades, still enjoys strong grassroots support, a claim observers say clearly belies facts on ground.
The debilitating leadership crisis as acting chief Tarique Rahman running the party in zoom and video calls from London, abandon Tarique Rahman campaign, reliance on a fugitive chief who led the party to failures for three consecutive terms and firebombed buses and trains to thwart polls, are clear markers that BNP central activists have failed to contain revolt on the party, even widely reported by all national dailies.
(screenshot fb) Yet on his facebook post, Shafiq came up with a series of posts that clearly seeks to hide the violent face of BNP, pleas of arson victims and the undemocratic call for polls boycott and assume power to by Tarique, who, according to independent observers, earned notoriety of symbol of violent politics and flagrant corruption.
Does Tarique Rahman have the moral standing to preach democratic values? (unb.com.bd)
Despite the dwindling political fortunes of BNP under Tarique’s leadership, AFP interviewed Tarique, to the delight of BNP backed activists, but the story failed to ensure the long list of crimes the BNP top boss had committed since his mother ruled out the country as prime minister.
And after his mother was voted out of power, Tarique led BNP to carry out a violent path of arson attacks and firebombing of buses and trucks, burning people alive.
While BNP stood exposed for faking cases of human rights, Shafiq remains vocal on social media almost every time families of BNP leaders and activists made wholesale allegations in defence of BNP leaders, without questioning veracity of the claim. The same Shafiq became silent when victims of arson attacks sought justice against BNP Jamaat arson attacks.