The Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, on Saturday said that the recent issues regarding the Jatiya Party might be a new conspiracy.
鈥楢 new conspiracy is being hatched regarding the Jatiya Party by bringing an issue that is not an issue at all,鈥� Fakhrul told reporters after a commemoration ceremony at the BRAC Center in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali.
The commemoration programme was organised to mark the second death anniversary of former ambassador Sabihuddin Ahmed.
Responding to a reporter鈥檚 question, he also said that the people of the country would decide about banning any political party.
The Jatiya Party central office in Dhaka has recently come under attack and torched allegedly by the Anti-Fascism Students, Workers and People that termed the Jatiya Party as 鈥榓n aide of fascist Awami League鈥� and announced that they would not allow the Jatiya Party to hold any political programme. 聽
Addressing the commemoration programme, Fakhrul said that Sabihbuddin Ahmed, an advisor to the BNP chairperson and a former bureaucrat, as a man of patriotic and nationalist ideals, would be remembered with respect and love by the people of the country.
He said that Sabihuddin worked for the people and the democracy of the country throughout his life.
He also said that Sabihuddin Ahmed, a sports-minded person, was full of energy.
The BNP leader said that Sabihuddin would have been happy to see a fascism-free Bangladesh.
Interim government鈥檚 finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed, BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam and Sabihuddin鈥檚 long-time colleagues and well-wishers attended the programme.
Addressing a separate programme, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said that the fascist government had merged the law, the judiciary, and the administration to secure its fascism and claimed that Sheikh Hasina had reshaped the Baksal in a new form.
He emphasised the need to protect the country鈥檚 independence and sovereignty and ensure multi-party democracy.
鈥榃e must move forward with these two priorities. People are being killed along the border almost every day,鈥� he said.
He criticised deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and alleged that she was subservient and had no courage to protest against the bloodshed along the border.
鈥楾hose who spoke for democracy were either kept confined to the Aynaghar (secrete prison) or had to spend in jails for years,鈥� he said.
