Govt created COVID-19 transmission risks by relaxing lockdown: Rizvi

BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged that the government has created a scope for the spread of the deadly coronavirus instead of containing it by easing the shutdown and allowing reopening of businesses.

He came up with the comments while distributing relief materials among the needy people in the city’s Mirpur area at the initiative of Dhaka city north unit of Jataiyatabdai Chhatra Dal on Sunday.

BNP leader said that they relaxed the shutdown and allowed the reopening of shops and markets without considering its possible impact on people. The government could have feed people for at least four months keeping the shutdown in force.

He further said, “The government didn’t take the necessary steps to save people from the pandemic. As people’s lives have little value to them, they’ve relaxed the shutdown only for money, contributing to the mass transmission of coronavirus.”

Rizvi said their party leaders and activists have continued distributing relief materials among the poor and destitute across the country as per their ability.

He claimed that their party has so far provided around 13 lakh poor families with relief materials.