BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee has spoken about recent protests at Shahbagh and ongoing discussions over the past few days, saying that the government should have taken the initiative to ban the Awami League much earlier.
"This could have been done through roundtable discussions with leaders of various political parties, based on mutual opinions," Anee said on Sunday in Lakshmipur Sadar upazila.
He said: “The government is gradually moving toward implementing the demands of the BNP and the general public. For this, we sincerely thank the government.”
He added: “Those who established misrule, corruption, and fascism in the country since independence, who committed enforced disappearances, killings, and massacres, must be brought to justice. The crimes committed by Hasina and the Awami League in 1996 and over the past 16 to 17 years must also be addressed. The Awami League should be banned through proper legal and judicial procedures.”
Calling for the completion of judicial reforms and trials promptly in order to proceed toward elections, he further said: “The BNP is the party of the people, the party of the late president Ziaur Rahman, the founder of multi-party democracy in Bangladesh.
"As an uncompromising parliamentary democratic party under the leadership of Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, the BNP is organizing internal elections at the ward, union, upazila, and district levels through voting, based on its 31-point reform outline. The party is moving forward with democratic practices and organizational development.”
