Speaking at a political rally in Kanye on Sunday, Tlhomelang said the BNF was an extension of the BDP in disguise and that both parties' leaderships believed in using an iron fist to run their affairs.
"There is a lot of oppression going within both the BNF and the BDP. Moupo wants to eliminate all those who are against him or those who threaten his position, which is why Kathleen Letshabo has been treated like dirt," Tlhomelang told his audience.
Letshabo was Deputy President of the BNF until the recent congress in Molopolole where she and her supporters were routed by the Moupo camp. Except only one, they have since said they accept the results and that they will continue to work for BNF.
"At the BDP, four MPs allegedly face suspension just because they are outspoken and do not talk like Madomkrag. There are always threats at these two parties , which clearly shows that they are married to each other," Tlhomelang said.
He said Moupo's blunders originated from the BDP, which is hell-bent on ensuring that the BNF does not grow and go to great lengths to destroy it. Tlhomelang alleged that Moupo was not the only BNF leader who has been paid to bring the party down; other BNF leaders had behaved the same way in the past.
"The BDP has made it clear that their only threat was the unity between the BCP and the National Democratic Front as the BDP has a programme to destabilise the BNF every time elections are near," he said.
Tlhomelang charged that in Botswana, democracy was benefiting only a few rich people. He cited the building of retirement homes for former presidents as a sign of the BDP government's policy of enriching its leaders while impoverishing ordinary people.
"Sir Ketumile's house cost taxpayers a whopping P4 million. We now hear that (President) Mogae's house in Phakalane will cost around P20 million. How much more are we going to lose in building a house for Lt Gen Seretse Khama Ian Khama when he retires as president?"
Another speaker, Steven Batshabang of the New Democratic Front, said that they were not ashamed of their unity with the BCP and that they would be contesting the 2009 elections under the BCP banner.
Batshabang, who joined the NDF following his suspension from the BNF in 2002, told the gathering that he had no regrets for leaving the BNF and that he still believed that Moupo is not a capable leader.
"I remember vividly that on April 15, 2002 I was suspended from the BNF for speaking out against Moupo. If people are crucified for differing with the leader at party level, what would happen when such leaders assumed power? All their opponents would be silenced with a gun," Batshabang said.
He also alleged that some BNF councillors in Kanye hated councillor Motsereganyi Kgautle just because he was against Moupo prior to the recent Molepolole Congress which gave Moupo anther chance to lead the party.
The former councillor for Mmatshitswane, who lost the 2004 elections after he defected to the NDF, appealed to fellow BCP and NDF members to respect the decisions of those who choose to leave and join other parties.
Businessman and educationist Steven Sorinyane said that the BCP had grown tremendously since its formation and that those who claimed it was failing were only trying to console themselves. He said the BNF was built on a weak foundation and that the fact that ten parties had broken from it bore testimony to such a weak foundation.
Speakers dismissed the CEDA Young Farmers Fund, saying they wondered why BDP members were not utilising such schemes if they were as good as they made them out to be.
