Jatiya Party Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad on Thursday said Jatiya Party would go to power again to serve the people.
He said: “An opportunity has created for Jatiya Party to go to the power. You [people of the country] have to be remain with us. The party will solve sufferings of country's people, if it assumes power of the state.”
He also urged the government to supply adequate relief materials among the affected people in the flood-hit areas of the country.
The former president came up with the speech while he was distributing relief goods among the flood victims at Jatiya Party office in Kanchipara union council, Gaibandha.
Co-Chairman of Jatiya Party GM Kader and Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Howladar also attended the programme.
The Jatiya Party (Ershad) is a political party in Bangladesh established by President Hussain Mohammad Ershad on 1 January 1986. The Army Chief Lieutenant General Hussain Muhammad Ershad had usurped the state power by a coup on 24 March 1982, and ruled the country as chief martial law administrator till December 1983. Political parties and activity had been prohibited during the state of emergency, when Justice AFM Ahsanuddin Chowdhury was appointed President of Bangladesh.
Ershad wanted more civilian influence and decided to develop a political party to represent his government.
In the face of the mass movement against him in 1989, President Ershad declared a state of emergency in the country to reduce political activity. Strikes and protests continued, adversely affecting the economy. Finally, with international opposition rising, Ershad felt compelled to resign in December 1990.