Rizvi blames AL, associates for RMG unrest

BNP Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has blamed Awami League and its associates for creating unrest in the ready-made garments (RMG) industry and other sectors.
“Discussions have been held and issues have been solved earlier regarding fair demands by the workers. However, the violent incidents including factory vandalism, torching police boxes and vehicles and beating a worker to death have no relations with the workers’ protests,” he said.
The BNP leader made this claim at a press briefing at the party’s central office in Dhaka’s Naya Paltan on Friday. "Workers may have legitimate demands, and those demands have been discussed. But even after the demands were accepted, incidents of factory vandalism, setting fire to police boxes and vehicles, and beating a worker to death took place," he said.
Rizvi claimed that several alleged instigators have been arrested in connection with recent incidents, most of whom are leaders of Jubo League and Chhatra League.
He also alleged that some factory owners have close links with the Awami League and that factories have been suddenly closed to provoke workers.