BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said they gave the Dr Muhammad Yunus-led Interim Government the necessary time for creating a conducive atmosphere to hold a national election.
“We have given this interim government the time required to create proper environment for holding an election,” he said.
Mirza Fakhrul said this while talking to reporters after a meeting between the Chief Adviser and senior BNP leaders at the State Guest House, Jamuna, in the capital.
This is the first formal meeting between the head of the interim government and BNP leaders since the government’s formation on August 8.
The BNP Secretary General, however, said they did not discuss the issue of the election at the meeting.
About a comment of Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina over Saint Martin issue, Fakhrul said the statement is just useless. It is their (AL) characteristics to shift blame on others, he added.
He said, “I want to tell clearly that it was awakening of student and mass people. Now it is our responsibility to consolidate the mass awakening. Sheikh Hasina and her cohorts will try to confuse the country’s people. Our requests to you (countrymen) don’t be confused. Do work to consolidate the mass awakening.”
Criticizing reports of some Indian media outlets over attack on minority communities, the BNP secretary general said those reports are totally baseless, fake and propaganda. They are spreading the propaganda to foil the mass upsurge and the newly formed interim government, he added.
“I believe that the people of Bangladesh and world community will not believe these propagandas,” said Fakhrul.
About the election, he hoped that the interim government will be able to hold a free and fair election.
Emphasizing creating congenial atmosphere for holding an election, Fakhrul said, “The interim government will take steps for holding elections as soon as possible with the aim of building a truly-free Bangladesh. A government of mass people will be established through the election, he added.
He said different political parties, including BNP, had sacrificed a lot over the last 15 years. Many leaders and activists of BNP had sacrificed their lives during the Awami League regime.
Recalling the contribution of Arafat Rahman Koko to sports, the secretary general hoped that the interim government will take the sports sector forward properly and his party (BNP) will extend all out cooperation in this regard.
It is mentionable that Arafat Rahman Koko was born on August 12 in 1969 and died on January 24 in 2015.
