BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said that a situation has been created now for Awami League (AL) leaders to join the BNP.
He said it while talking to reporters after placing wreaths at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave along with leaders and activists of the party’s Narayanganj city unit.
Fakhrul said in a counter-attack on Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, “The Minister is demonstrating his creativity by crafting new stories. The current situation is not conducive to joining the Awami League from the
BNP. But an atmosphere has been created for the Awami League leaders to join the BNP.”
On Tuesday, the Information Minister told journalists at the Secretariat that many BNP leaders were thinking of quitting the party and contacting Awami League leaders at different levels.
BNP Secretary said, Awami League has proved through its activities that it has now become bankrupt as a political party.
“They snatched people’s rights, including voting one, and destroyed all the democratic institutions. They’re now working to make Bangladesh a failed state,” he said.
Fakhrul said, BNP and Awami League struggled against late HM Ershad’s autocratic rule, the party formed the government along with that autocrat and took it to Parliament through ‘vote rigging’.
“Jatiya Party Secretary General Moshiur Rahman Ranga a few days ago badly attacked democracy. What he said against our beloved Noor Hossain, a symbol of the anti-autocratic movement, is completely devoid of political etiquette,” he said. Fakhrul also observed that Ranga insulted the democratic movement and the pro-democratic people with his comments. “We strongly condemn his comments. We think he should apologise publicly and in Parliament.”
About the ruling party leaders’ comment that BNP is facing intra-party conflict, Fakhrul said Awami Leaders are making such remarks as they themselves cannot handle their own party.
The BNP leader said, they will intensify their movement for having their chairperson Khaleda Zia freed from jail.
