Describing the BNP and its student wing Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal as well as Jamaat-e-Islami and its student body Islami Chhatra Shibir as militants, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said they put their claws on Bangladesh to destroy its development.

"The Shibir, Chhatra Dal, BNP, and Jamaat are the militants and they put their claws on us to undermine the country's development," she said.

The prime minister made the remarks while holding a meeting with the leaders of the 14-party alliance at her official residence Ganabhaban in Dhaka this evening.

She said countrywide mayhem was completely a militant act designed by the BNP-Jamaat clique. "The incidents, which are happening in the country, are not political matters, rather a complete act of militants. It is aimed at destroying Bangladesh."

She came down heavily on the BNP-Jamaat clique to carry out the nationwide destruction cashing in the quota reform movement.

Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has reached a dignified position on the global stage with socio-economic and infrastructure development across the country. "Everyone is now showing honour to Bangladesh."

The prime minister said quota was not an issue rather its target was to destroy the establishments that were providing service to the people and help make Bangladesh prosperous.

In a view exchange with female leaders of the Chhatra League at Ganabhaban this afternoon, Sheikh Hasina said they have maligned the honour that Bangladesh has achieved with hard work. "It was a matter of great regret."

She said they have destroyed the government establishments one after another which were being used for the welfare of the people.

"My question is whose purpose they served through the destruction," she said.

The prime minister questioned from where they got the huge amount of money to continue the so-called movement.