Taking a swipe at Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen for his comment that "the people of Bangladesh are living in paradise compared to other countries," BNP on Saturday said it is nothing but a joke with people when they are struggling to survive.
"At a time, when the people of the country are suffering every moment and finding it difficult to survive amid miseries, then the foreign minister said we're living in paradise. It's absolutely ridiculous," said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, reports UNB.
Addressing a press conference at the BNP Chairperson's Gulshan office in the capital, he also said it is unjustified for AK Momen to ridicule people at a time of their anguish.
Fakhrul said the Foreign Minister also made such ridiculous remarks in the past. "But, he has no right to make such a mockery."
"I am sorry to say on a personal level. Lately, what has emerged in his (Momen's) appearance is that he has become puffed up. What has happened to most of the ministers--let me say in our local language that--their fat has increased, because of widespread plundering," he observed.