BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain alleges that although the BNP desired to join the JS budgetary session, the current Awami League government did not allow them to remain.
BNP Chief Whip Zainul Abdin Farroque said that the environment in Parliament was not conducive to oppositional debate and dialogue, resulting in the equivalent of a one-party government.
Awami League Presidium Member Suranjit Sen Gupta also spoke on the dangers of oppositional silence in government as an impediment to democratic processes.