Lalmonirhat, July 22 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Chief Organiser (Northern Region) Sarjis Alam on Wednesday said if the referendum is illegal, then Home Minister Salahuddin Ahmed and the BNP government will also lose their legitimacy.

"If the referendum is illegal, then you, Mr Salahuddin Ahmed, are also illegitimate as the home minister, and so is the BNP government," he said while addressing a public rally at the Baninagar High School ground in Kaliganj upazila of Lalmonirhat at night.

Sarjis accused both the Awami League and the BNP of corruption in the implementation of large-scale development projects.

He alleged that thousands of crores of taka were looted from the Padma Bridge project during the Awami League's tenure and cla...