Dhaka, April 29 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday alleged the government is working to instill a climate of fear across society, as a means to perpetuate its grip on power, by continuing to arrest opposition leaders and activists and throwing them in jail indefinitely.

In a statement, the most senior BNP leader active in the country also said the Awami League regime has become even more 'reckless, authoritarian and oppressive' after seizing power through what he termed 'the sham election' of January 7.

The BNP leader said the 'usurper' government has unleashed a wave of repression and persecution against the leaders and activists of BNP and other pro-democratic opposition parties and dissenters to maintain i...