Raj Abrar: BNP promised yesterday to continue its movement to “oust” the current government in order to “restore” democracy and people’s rights.
“We’re taking a pledge on this day of our founding anniversary to continue our struggle to remove the monstrous government, and free our leader Khaleda Zia for the restoration of democracy,” said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
The BNP leader also hoped that their party’s efforts to end ‘misrule’ will turn out to be successful very soon.
Fakhrul made the vow while talking to reporters after placing wreaths at BNP founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave along with party’s leaders and activists, marking its 40th founding anniversary.
He alleged that the government has snatched people’s basic rights and destroyed all the democratic institutions.
“It’s now the main challenge for BNP to restore democracy and people’s rights,” he added, reported UNB.
Several hundred BNP leaders and activists together with Fakhrul, party standing committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury gathered at Zia’s grave at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar around 10am and paid homage to their party founder by placing wreaths.
They also offered a munajat seeking eternal peace for Zia’s departed soul. Meanwhile, the party and its associate bodies are celebrating its 40th founding anniversary with various programs.
On September 1, 1978, late President Ziaur Rahman founded the party with a 19-point initiative to build a self-reliant Bangladesh.
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