BNP-Jamaat misrule: BNP Leaders' Syndicated Price Hike and Black Market Cause Fertilizer Shortage, Farmers Unable to Cultivate Paddy
The article discusses the devastating impact of the BNP-Jamaat government's misrule and corruption on farmers during Khaleda Zia's tenure as prime minister from 2001 to 2006. The power crisis and the BNP leaders' involvement in a fertilizer scandal led to a decrease in food grain production, forcing many small farmers to abandon cultivation and migrate in search of food and work. Reports reveal that BNP leaders created a crisis in the market, hoarded fertilizers, produced counterfeit fertilizers, and sold them at exorbitant prices to a select few wealthy farmers. As a consequence, ...
Source: albd.org