No election without reforms: Nahid
Sheikh Hasina was in power for 16 years through authoritarian means, during which her government subjected people to various forms of oppression and harassment, he says
There will be no election in the country without reforms, National Citizens Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam said today (13 July).
"The people of the country came to the street due to limitless torture and harassment perpetrated by Sheikh Hasina and later they ousted the fascist Hasina's government through July-August mass upsurge," he said while addressing a street rally at Shaheed Minar in Pirojpur on the 13th day of July March.
The NCP Pirojpur district unit organised the rally.
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Earlier, the leaders and workers of the NCP started the July March from Pirojpur Circuit House and addressed the rally after reaching at the Shaheed Minar premises.
Nahid Islam said autocrat Sheikh Hasina was in power forcibly for 16 years when her government tortured and harassed people in many ways.
"They did all sorts of misdeeds including murder, enforced disappearance, torture, corruption and looting of votes when Sheikh Hasina's fascist government was in power… The people of the country were deprived of their voting rights in the last three consecutive national elections," he said.
Among others, NCP Member Secretary Akhter Hossain, Senior Joint Convener Shamanta Sharmin, Principal Organizer (Northern Zone) Sarjis Alam, Senior Joint Member Secretary Dr Tasnim Jara and other central leaders were present at that time.
