The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday in a statement urged people along with the party leaders and activists to make the 鈥楳arch to Dhaka鈥� programme of protesting students a success.
Fakhrul also urged the prime minister to step down from power immediately following the demands of the students.
He said, 鈥業 am calling on the people of our country and the leaders, supporters and well-wishers of BNP and its organisations to make the 鈥楳arch to Dhaka鈥� programme of the students a success and at the same time to continue the movement in their respective areas.鈥�
Fakhrul also urged all the political parties to support the ongoing mass movement of the students.
He alleged that the ruling Awami League planned to gather armed leaders and activists and attack the pro-democracy students.
Fakhrul said, 鈥楢wami League鈥檚 terrorists and law enforcement forces opened fire with deadly firearms at various places, including Dhanmondi, Science Laboratory, Mirpur, Uttara and Topkhana Road in Dhaka.鈥�
鈥楾he entire country has been turned into a battleground by killing, torture and using force to suppress the movement. The government is killing the students by indiscriminate shooting,鈥� he said.
鈥楾he Awami League terrorists鈥� carried out attacks on the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University and other establishments in a planned way and blame it on the agitators, the BNP leader alleged.
Fakhrul said that the government planned to destroy the victory of the movement by inciting conflicts, but the agitating people would foil that conspiracy and win the victory.
鈥極n the first day of the non-cooperation movement called by the students, the armed terrorists of the Awami League, Chhatra League, and Jubo League and law enforcement agencies in different parts of the country fired and killed about a hundred people and wounded thousands others with bullets,鈥� he said.
He expressed condolences and wished eternal rest to all the souls of those killed in the violence, saying that the trial of those who killed the students in the ongoing movement must be held.
Earlier on the day, Student Movements Against Discrimination announced 鈥楲ong March to Dhaka鈥� for Monday, urging people from all walks of life to march towards the capital and gather in the streets demanding resignation of the government.