BNP not frustrated, claims Mirza Fakhrul
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday claimed that his party is not frustrated despite, what he claimed, the murder of more than 500 leaders and activists of the party and its front organisations and about 4.5 lakh others implicated in several thousand false cases. At least 500 leaders and activists of BNP and its front organisations have been killed and about four and half a lakh were implicated in several thousand false cases during the present government, he said while addressing a meeting at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh. Despite all these incidents, the BNP is not frustrated as it believes that all repressions and the misrules will end one day, said the BNP leader.
Amerdesh Pariber (Amerdesh Family) organised the meeting to mark three-year of imprisonment of Mahmudur Rahman, the acting editor of the daily Amerdesh. Fakhrul alleged that the ruling Awami League was suffering from diseases of arrogance for a long time and does not practice politics of tolerance. It does not tolerate dissident views and does not do politics of tolerance, he said. The BNP leader demanded immediate release of Mahmudur Rahman, saying that he has been detained for a long time only for speaking the truth. He also called upon the people to forge a national unity along with intra-party unity ignoring all silly mistakes. Among others, founder of Gonoshasthaya Kendra Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury, DU former Vice-Chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed and DAB Secretary General ZM Zahid Hossain, also spoke on the occasion.
