Acting Secretary General of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi stressed the need for collective efforts alongside stronger awareness campaign to destroy the breeding ground of Aedes mosquito to check dengue.

“All have to come forward to enhance awareness campaign and destroy the breeding ground of Aedes mosquito,” he said.

He made the remarks while distributing leaflets among the city dwellers at Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) area as part of the campaign to make people aware about the menace of dengue.

He called upon the locals for cleanliness drives at their houses, drains, canals of their surroundings alongside conducting massive awareness campaign.

“It is very much possible to check dengue through preventive measures,” he opined.

He has recalled the role of BNP leaders and activists and like-minded physicians in the past in conducting coordinated measures at the time of Coronavirus pandemic under the dynamic leadership of their party chief and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Describing the government measures in containing dengue, he said the government made the test free alongside instructing the city corporations to launch cleanliness drives to effectively destroy Aedes mosquito larvae.

The senior BNP leader asked the leaders and activists of his party to join the cleanliness drives alongside spreading medicines.

He said Prime Minister Tarique Rahman always puts emphasis on eradicating the public sufferings and gives required instruction to combat dengue.

About criticism of the government activities by the opposition, Rizvi called them to play responsible role instead of misleading the people.

He said there are no discriminations regarding the allocation among the treasury bench and opposition lawmakers, refuting the allegation of favouritism.

“The treasury bench and opposition law makers get the allocation,” he said.

He said it is impossible to mislead people through conducting falsehood and propaganda.

“People will not tolerate the creation of anarchy in the country in connivance with the undemocratic forces,” he said.

BNP Joint Secretary General Advocate Abdus Salam Azad, MP, Dhaka divisional Organising Secretary Kazi Sayedul Alam Babul, Voluntary Affairs Secretary Mir Sarafat Ali Sapu, Health Secretary Prof Dr Md Rafiqul Islam and Convenor of Dhaka South City BNP Rafiqul Alam Majnu, among others, were present.