Raid at BNP office aimed at diverting quota reform movement

BNP's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today accused the government of "staging" a raid on the BNP office.

"The raid on the BNP's Nayapaltan party office was conducted to divert the students' quota reform movement," Rizvi claimed during a virtual press conference this night.

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"They staged a drama inside the office. This drama is a message to the students, a message to tell them to return home," he added.

He said, "They have continued attacks on Chhatra Dal and affiliated activists."

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Questioning the timing of the raid, Rizvi asked, "Why didn't they conduct the raid when leaders and journalists were inside the office?"

"As part of the master plan, a raid was conducted at the central office led by the DB police chief in the middle of the night," Rizvi said.