BNP’s founding anniversary today
BNP celebrates its 39th founding anniversary today.
To mark the occasion, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir along with senior leaders would place wreaths and offer prayers at Ziaur Rahman's grave in the capital this morning. A discussion will be held later in the afternoon.
Party Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who is now in London, in a statement issued yesterday on the occasion, alleged that the country's independence and sovereignty are at stake.
“…BNP has been waging movements to remove peoples' sufferings, protect the country's independence and sovereignty and restore multiparty democracy.”
“Now our target is to restore people's voting rights and… ensuring freedom of expression.”
Late Maj Gen Ziaur Rahman founded the party in 1978 while he was in power, in an apparent move to consolidate his rule.
After Zia's assassination in 1981, Abdus Sattar-led BNP government remained in power for a brief period.
HM Ershad, an army chief-turned-president, seized power in a military coup on March 24, 1982, ousting the elected government of President Abdus Sattar.
After nine years movement against the Ershad's autocratic rule, BNP again came to power under the leadership of Khaleda following resignation of the autocratic government of Ershad in 1990.
The party later also came to power in 2001 for a five-year term.
Country's one of the two major political parties, BNP kept out of parliament for the first time in 2014 since restoration of democracy in 1991 as it boycotted the national election under the Awami League-led government held on January 5, 2014.
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