Staff Reporter :
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that celebrations of ‘Mujib Borsho’ will not be successful keeping BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail.
“The celebration of birth centenary of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
keeping BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail, is a mockery,” he added. The BNP Secretary General made the comments while talking to reporters after placing wreaths at the grave of BNP founder and late president Ziaur Rahman in the city yesterday morning.
Dhaka 10 by-polls BNP candidate Sheikh Rabiul Alam Robi and other party leaders and activists were present at the spot.
Fakhrul said no single person or party can get the credits for the country’s independence since the people of the entire country had liberated Bangladesh from Pakistan occupation through a long war and struggle.
He said, “Khaleda Zia had fought for democracy for nine years during the autocratic rule of HM Ershad and thus established democracy. Now, she has been in jail only because of her efforts to restore democracy. So, the celebration of Mujib Borsho won’t be successful keeping her in jail.”
Fakhrul said democracy was the main spirit of Bangladesh’s independence and demand for the libation was made centering democracy.
About Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Bangladesh to attended the celebration of ‘Mujib Borsho’, he said the recent religious riots took place in India have an impact on Bangladesh.
“They (India) will now consider how much it will be decent for him (Modi) to come here under such a situation,” Fakhrul said.
He said their party is participating in different elections, including Dhaka-10 by-polls, maintaining the democratic principle as BNP believes in change of power through the polls.
He also said their candidate, Sheikh Rabiul Alam, is a very competent leader who has immense popularity in his constituency. “We believe he’ll come out successful proving his worth.”
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said that celebrations of ‘Mujib Borsho’ will not be successful keeping BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail.
“The celebration of birth centenary of the country’s founding president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman,
keeping BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in jail, is a mockery,” he added. The BNP Secretary General made the comments while talking to reporters after placing wreaths at the grave of BNP founder and late president Ziaur Rahman in the city yesterday morning.
Dhaka 10 by-polls BNP candidate Sheikh Rabiul Alam Robi and other party leaders and activists were present at the spot.
Fakhrul said no single person or party can get the credits for the country’s independence since the people of the entire country had liberated Bangladesh from Pakistan occupation through a long war and struggle.
He said, “Khaleda Zia had fought for democracy for nine years during the autocratic rule of HM Ershad and thus established democracy. Now, she has been in jail only because of her efforts to restore democracy. So, the celebration of Mujib Borsho won’t be successful keeping her in jail.”
Fakhrul said democracy was the main spirit of Bangladesh’s independence and demand for the libation was made centering democracy.
About Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled visit to Bangladesh to attended the celebration of ‘Mujib Borsho’, he said the recent religious riots took place in India have an impact on Bangladesh.
“They (India) will now consider how much it will be decent for him (Modi) to come here under such a situation,” Fakhrul said.
He said their party is participating in different elections, including Dhaka-10 by-polls, maintaining the democratic principle as BNP believes in change of power through the polls.
He also said their candidate, Sheikh Rabiul Alam, is a very competent leader who has immense popularity in his constituency. “We believe he’ll come out successful proving his worth.”
