The BNP yesterday said it would not kick-start a revolution for a meaningful election involving all the political parties.
People of the country are frustrated and perturbed by misdeeds and misrules of the Awami League-led government.
“We have to bring about a change through a democratic movement not through any revolution,” Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, acting secretary general of the party, said at a discussion.
The discussion was organised at the National Press Club to mark the National Revolution and Solidarity Day that brought party founder Ziaur Rahman into the centre-stage of power.
Fakhrul said people had already been frustrated and they now want a change and for the change to happen all have to be united.
The BNP leader alleged that the government was killing opposition leaders and activists like that of the 1972-75 government.
“The opposition parties are barred from holding rallies and procession. In 1972-75 Awami League killed thirty thousand opposition leaders and activists.”
Condemning the police “attack” on BNP demonstrations, Fakhrul said: “Though Awami league talked about democracy they do not believe in it. In Gazipur police attacked our peaceful rally and many were injured. It is the latest example of government’s fascism.”
Pointing his finger to the party chairperson Khaleda Zia’s graft case trials, the spokesperson of the party said: “The government’s autocratic mentality has reached such a level that they brought the court to a madrasa ground.”