PM's claim travesty of truth: Saber

By Bdnews, Dhaka
5 October 2005, 18:00 PM
Saber Hossain Chowdhury, Awami League President Sheikh Hasina's political secretary, yesterday demanded withdrawal of the recent claim by the Prime Minister about generation of power terming it as a travesty of truth.

He also condemned the PM's claim saying that people could not help but lose trust on the government while the highest person of the government tells a lie.

In a statement Saber said the state minister for power confessed his failure in generating power on August 8, saying that only 80 MW of electricity was added in the national grid in the four years of the alliance government and that project was also taken during the previous AL regime.

"Only a month after the state minister's confession, the PM baselessly claimed for increasing the power generation by 1,200 MWs," Saber said.

He pointed to the conflicting statements by the government high-ups on one issue and commented obviously one of them was making a lie.

"It also proves the lack of coordination inside the government."

Saber further claimed that the AL government boosted the power generating capacity of the country from 1,600 MW to 4000 MW and blasted the government for increasing the price of electricity time-to-time. He said, "The alliance government totally failed to meet the increasing demand of power."

"There is no way to hide the failure of the government with false information," Saber added.