BNP protests Ananda Bazar report
The BNP has protested and condemned recent reports published in the Ananda Bazar Patrika of India against party's senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman blaming his involvement in the recent plot by a small section of army in Bangladesh.
BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in a statement yesterday said the allegations are totally "baseless, untrue and imaginary".
The protest note was sent to Kolkata-based daily Ananda Bazar Patrika through e-mail and fax and also to its local correspondent.
Quoting the Patrika report, Fakhrul said not a single word of it was based on facts. It is all imaginary and motivated, intended to character assassination.
He said the BNP is the largest democratic political party and there was no need to secure support from outlawed Hizb ut Tahrir. Question of BNP's having any connection with it is absurd, he added.
The BNP leader noted with regret that the Indian daily was not only against his party but also launched propaganda against Bangladesh.
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