BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, Awami League is a political party. People will decide who will do elections or politics. As a political party, BNP cannot decide that. There has been a misunderstanding here. Quoting the Chief Adviser that ‘BNP gave Awami League an opportunity to do politics’. This is not correct. We have made our position clear.
He said these things at a program to distribute educational materials and corrugated iron among flood victims at BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia's house in Sreepur, Fulgazi, Feni on Wednesday (November 20) afternoon.
Mirza Fakhrul said, the people will decide who to allow to do politics or not. We are nobody here, this is not our responsibility. There is no room for misunderstanding here. We have never forbidden (prohibited) any party from taking part in the elections. But all those who have killed people, laundered money abroad and wasted the country's resources, including Hasina, must be brought to justice and punished.
Referring to the Awami League government's torture, Mirza Fakhrul said, Awami League has sent BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia to jail with a false case. She cannot even imagine the hardship she was put through. Even then, she has never bowed her head. She is still standing with her head held high. Begum Khaleda Zia is very ill. We are trying to send her abroad for treatment.
The BNP Secretary General said, it takes time to clean up the mess of 15 years. The interim government will do a lot of work. Peace and order have already returned. Can the Awami League people continue to torture now? They need to be given some time. When they finish their work, elections will definitely be held and the people's government will come. We said it would be better to do it a little sooner.
He said, the people of Feni have suffered a lot due to the floods. Our party leaders and activists have worked in the field. Despite hundreds of tortures, we have tried to stand by the flood-affected people. Those who have tortured the country so much have fled.
Dhaka Metropolitan South BNP convener and Feni-1 constituency organizational coordinator Rafiqul Islam Majnu presided over the program. BNP Chairperson's adviser, freedom fighter Abdus Salam, freedom fighter Professor Joynal Abedin, Chairperson's special assistant Advocate Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas, BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, Chattogram Divisional Organizing Secretary Mahbuber Rahman Shamim and various central and local level leaders and activists of BNP were present. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir will join a public meeting in Chagalnaiya Upazila of the district this afternoon.