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BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam on alleged that the government is pushing the country into a dark tunnel of one-party rule by removing the last sign of multiparty democracy.
“The country is now on the brink of destruction due to the misrule and repression by the Awami League government. The country’s independence and sovereignty are also at stake,” he said in a message.
Fakhrul issued the message greeting BNP vice chairman Tarique Rahman on his 49th birth anniversary.
The BNP leader said Tarique had inspired the impoverished youths at the grassroots to be self-dependent by visiting rural areas. “The country’s people still didn’t forget his duck-hen-goat distribution programme among the underprivileged people at the grassroots to make them self-reliant.”
The so-called Fakhruddin-Moyeenuddin regime of 1/11 could not make Tarique impaired despite their repressive acts, false campaign and cases against him in a bid to annihilate him, Fakhrul said.
He also claimed that the current regime also could not weaken Tarique’s strong mentality and vigour with their various plots and by filing cases after cases against him.
The BNP spokesman further said their senior vice chairman did not move away from his belief and ideal despite the current regime’s non-stop threats and indecent remarks against him.
Fakhrul said Tarique with his strong state of mind and able leadership is inspiring the nationalist forces against the misrule.
Tarique, the eldest son of BNP founder late president Ziaur Rahman and its current chairperson Khaleda Zia, has been staying in London since 2008.
He was arrested on March 7, 2007 during the then army-backed interim regime and freed from jail on bail on September 3, 2008. He left for London for treatment eight days later. He is an accused in a number of cases, including the August 21 grenade attack ones.
Meanwhile, BNP Dhaka city unit convener Mirza Abbas on claimed that this government will not be able to withstand their movement as their Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s roar will shake Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s throne.
“We’ll see how many bullets this government has got in its store. We’re ready to receive bullets in our chests, but what will you do when you’ll run out of your bullets? People won’t spare you, mind it,” he said.
Addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club, the BNP leader further said, “The throne of Pakistani autocrat Ayub Khan had got shaken with Moulana Bhasani’s roar in 1969. This time, Sheikh Hasina’s throne will get trembled with Khaleda Zia’s roar. You won’t be able to hang onto power.”
Bhasani Sangsad arranged the programme marking great leader Moulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani’s death anniversary.
Abbas, also a BNP standing committee member, criticised the government for what he said its growing repressive acts. “They (govt) want to suppress our movement by killing and attacking our leaders and activists and filing false cases against them.”
He urged the Prime Minister to stop repressive acts and shun autocratic attitude as the people of Bangladesh knows it very well how to oust an autocrat regime.
Hitting out at the ruling party for not observing Moulana Bhasani’s death anniversary, the BNP leader said Awami League is an ungrateful party. “Many political leaders would not have been leaders had Bhasani not born. It’s matter of regret that the death anniversary of that great leader is not nationally observed.”
Abbas asked the ruling party whether they can deny Bhasani’s contributions to Awami League.
Recalling the contributions of Bhasani and BNP founder Ziaur Rahman to the country’s War of Independence, he said the two leaders will ever be remembered in the history of the country Liberation War. “No one will be able to erase the names of Moulana Bhasani and Ziaur Rahman from the hearts of people, no matter how much efforts they make for.”
Source: Weekly Holiday
