Dhaka, Sept. 4 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi alleged today that deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's loyalists remain embedded in the state administration and are positioning themselves across multiple bureaucratic sectors with the aim of sabotaging the interim government and preventing a free and fair election.

He warned that they are prepared to create a premeditated state of unrest to ensure the interim chief adviser, Muhammad Yunus, cannot conduct a credible vote. Rizvi also claimed that certain leaders and officials responsible for past violence to sustain Hasina's hold have received a green light to facilitate safe exit routes, including instructions to the passport department. He cautioned that those ac...