No one should try to exclude BNP as part of any plots: Fakhrul
Stop the return of the deposed Awami fascism, he urges all
No one should try to do anything to exclude the BNP as part of any plots, the party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has warned.
Speaking at a memorial meeting yesterday, he also said there were failed attempts to depoliticise and implement the Minus-Two formula during the 1/11 political changeover in 2007, reports UNB.
"No one should even think about following that path," Fakhrul said.
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Without mentioning anyone, he said, "We want to make it clear that you should not try to do anything to exclude the BNP as part of any plots. The people of Bangladesh will never accept it."
He said the Awami League had tried to split the BNP in various ways but has failed, and no one will be able to do so in the future either.
He said an adviser to the interim government made an unexpected and unwarranted comment suggesting that politicians are restless to go to power. "This is very unfortunate. We do not expect an individual of his stature to make such remarks."
The Dhaka South City unit of the BNP organised the programme at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, to mark the fifth death anniversary of Sadeque Hossain Khoka, the former mayor of the undivided Dhaka City Corporation and BNP vice chairman.
Earlier on Saturday, Road, Transport and Bridges and Energy Adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan said, "There's no money in the banks. Politicians seem desperate to go to power, and we, too, wish to return to our work."
As a political party, he said the BNP aims to return to power, with its leaders and workers actively engaging in politics to run the country and ensure the welfare of the people.
Also today, talking to reporters after paying homage to BNP founder Ziaur Rahman at his grave, Mirza Fakhrul urged all to keep fighting against fascists and stop the return of the deposed Awami fascism.
"We drove the fascists out of the country through a student-led mass uprising. Now, the nation expects that fascism won't return and that it will be eliminated forever through the united resistance of people," he said.
Fakhrul was accompanied by other BNP leaders, including Shahadat Hossain, who took oath as Chattogram city mayor today.
