‘Eid being celebrated amid absence of democracy’

BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said Eid-ul-Azha is being celebrated in the country amid absence of democracy.

Mirza Fakhrul made the comment while talking to journalists after offering the Eid prayer at Thakurgaon Government High School in Kalibari of Thakurgaon town on Monday morning.

He said: “The people of Bangladesh fought for their rights in the past and we believe they will also fight in the future for their right to vote, democracy as well.”

He also greeted the countrymen on the occasion of the holy Eid-ul-Azha.