Staff Reporter:
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said those who speak against BNP and Tarique Rahman are enemies of democracy.
“We want to inform everyone that we have no compromise on the issue of democracy. I condemn all those so-called political leaders who have spoken obscene and inaudible words about Tarique Rahman,” he told a rally prior to a protest procession in front of Nayapaltan central office of BNP.
BNP North-South organized the program jointly to demand exemplary punishment for the killing of Lalchand Sohag in Mitford area and to protest the falsehood and propaganda against the party’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.
Leaders and activists from various wards of the metropolitan BNP took part in the protest procession that ended at the Jatiya Press Club through Bijoy Nagar.
Mirza Fakhrul urged the party men not to utter any obscene words and make any indecent things in re-taliation against those spoke against Tarique Rahman.
“We must keep this in mind. If they utter obscene and indecent things against our leader, it does not di-minish his dignity rather it diminishes those who say such obscene things,” he said.
The BNP Secretary General said, “We will move forward with strong unity that we have, despite the humiliation, torture and oppression we have been subjected to for the past 15 years.”
He called upon all patriotic political parties to be united for the sake of democracy and move forward together.
Strongly condemning the brutal killing of Lalchand Sohag in Mitford area on Wednesday, Fakhrul de-manded exemplary punishment of those involved with the incident thorough investigation.
“Those who are doing this brutal murder are doing so to destroy Bangladesh,” he said.
Dhaka City South BNP President Rafiqul Alam Majnu chaired the rally which was moderated by Mem-ber Secretary Tanvir Ahmed Robin
Dhaka City North convener Aminul Haque also spoke.
BNP Joint Secretary General Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohel, Abdus Salam Azad, Volunteer Affairs Secre-tary Mir Sarafat Ali Sapu, City North Member Secretary Mustafa Zaman, Jubo Dal President M Monayem Munna were present at the event.
At 2 pm, several thousand leaders and activists of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) gathered in front of the central office in Naya Paltan and started the march.
JCD President Rakibul Islam Rakib and General Secretary Nasir Uddin Nasir led the procession.
Protesting the deteriorating law and order situation, the JCD’s procession marched through Bijoy Nagar, Jatiya Press Club and ended at Shahbagh.
