Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday urged the government to refrain from appointing the people whose actions may provoke controversies.
鈥榃e must mind it that the opportunity created through the recent student-led mass movement to reform the state must not be missed. Missing this opportunity would endanger our identity as a nation,鈥� he warned while inaugurating of the Shaheed Zia Memorial Football Tournament, organised by the Lalmonirhat district BNP unit at Borobari College.
鈥楤y the grace of Allah, on August 5, 2024, we achieved a second victory over fascist forces through this movement. We have taken an oath to stand against imperialism, together with people,鈥� he said.
He called for a strong movement if necessary, noting that the current government, which came to power in a crucial phase of the student-led movement, is not like previous caretaker administrations.
Fakhrul stressed the importance of both elections and conducting reforms in various sectors.
鈥楾he government should be given time, and we must demonstrate patience while cooperating with them,鈥� he said, adding that rational time should be given to the interim government for reforms.
鈥榃e have to show patience so that the government can conduct all the reforms in a peaceful and disciplined manner. Don鈥檛 take everything politically, rather problems should be resolved through dialogue,鈥� he said.
Fakhrul said the fascist Awami League government led the country almost to destruction through massive corruption and irregularities.
BNP鈥檚 organising secretary and former deputy minister Asadul Habib Dulu presided over the event.
Bangladesh Football Federation president Tabith Awal, former national football team captain Aminul Islam, BNP鈥檚 assistant organisational secretary Abdul Khaleq, and rural development affairs secretary Farhad Hossain Azad were present among others.
Meanwhile, addressing a discussion in Dhaka, BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said that the narratives, being made by keeping the people away, will not be acceptable.
鈥楾he unelected government has no scope to reform in that way. They can reform anything that everyone agrees on. There is no objection from BNP to those few reforms, through which we can return to a democratic system based on national consensus,鈥� he said.
鈥楾he people will decide, approve them in the next parliament, no problem. But the narrative that is being created by keeping the people out, that narrative will not be acceptable to the nation,鈥� he said.