Staff Reporter:
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday alleged that some political parties are making mis-leading statements about a trap set by a neighboring country.
He also said BNP will continue its movement until the voting rights and democracy are restored in the country.
Tarique Rahman yesterday virtually was addressing a public rally at Kalaroa Football Ground in Satkhira The rally was arranged on the occasion of recent jail-released of BNP publication secretary Habibul Is-lam Habib.
“The dictator has fallen. But conspiracies still continue. We’ve seen in the last few days that some politi-cal parties or organizations got misled and made some remarks. The political parties or organizations have stepped into the trap of a neighboring country. So, they’re spreading confusion yesterday and mak-ing such words like this,” he said.
The BNP acting chairman urged the democracy-loving people of the country to stay vigilant to thwart the conspiracies.
“The conspiracies, which were from inside and outside the country (against the democracy of Bangla-desh) in the past, still continue. They, in no way, want the people of this country to get back their demo-cratic rights,” he said.
He said though the dictator was overthrown by the mass uprising and the mass movement, our desired goal – the political rights of the people– still remains unachieved. “BNP’s movement will continue until the people’s rights to vote and speak are established,” he added.
Tarique Rahman said BNP’s movement will continue until the people’s government is established and the people’s representatives get the opportunity to work for the development of their localities, the people and the country.
Citing that the Liberation War in 1971 and the fall of a dictator in 1990, he said the people of this coun-try ousted one of the (strongest) dictators in the world again in 2024. “They not only overthrew the dic-tator, but also drove the dictator out of this country, he said.
“Let us take an oath yesterday – we, BNP, will take the people with us and restore the lost democracy of the people in this country by breaking the poisonous teeth of all conspiracies. Our movement will con-tinue until the democracy of the people of Bangladesh is restored,” he said.
The BNP acting chairman said the restoration of democracy and the improvement of the fate of the peo-ple would be his party’s commitment and politics.
