National unity needed to restore democracy
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday once again called for national unity to restore democracy in the country, through forcing the arrangement of the upcoming general election under a neutral administration.
“The country's democracy has been broken and people's rights have been snatched. We will have to forge a unity, forgetting our differences, to overcome the situation,” Fakhrul said while addressing an iftar organised by Nagorik Oikya at a hotel in Dhaka last evening.
Fakhrul reiterated the need for formation of a polls-time neutral administration and reformation of the present Election Commission.
“People will not forgive us if we fail to protect the nation form this crisis,” the BNP leader said, hinting at the ongoing countrywide killing spree in the name of the anti-drug drive.
Bikalpa Dhara President Dr AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury also spoke at the programme. Earlier in the day, BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Rizvi Ahmed in a press conference at the party's Nayapaltan central office came down hard on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she returned from India without solving bilateral feuds between the two countries.
“Sheikh Hasina has visited India spending state money. She did not go there to resolve the Teesta water issue or stop border killings, rather she has drawn up a design in a bid to hang on to power for another term,” Rizvi said.
He said the people of Bangladesh are ready to pay a fitting reply to the ruling Awami League for its indulgence in repression and oppression on the opposition party men.
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