BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said after filing thousands of cases against the party activists, the ruling Awami League had now been engaged in killing and abduction of its own party men.
Fakhrul alleged that the government did not have any control over anything and the incidents of Narayanganj and Feni suggested so.
“Like the 1972-75 tenure of the Awami League, it has began to again to destroy everything of the country. Actually the government does not have control over anything,” he said.
The BNP leader was addressing a discussion at the National Press Club organised by the Sramik Dal to mark the party founder Ziaur Rahman’s 33rd death anniversary.
Fakhrul called upon the countrymen to unite to oust the government from the office as there was no alternative but to remove the government and get rid of such a situation.
The party spokesperson claimed that the BNP was born in a democratic country and the party was formed following the state rules and regulations.
Fakhrul repeated his claim that Sheikh Mujibur Rahman buried the Awami League forming a one-party parliamentary system, BAKSAL.
“Ziaur Rahman gave the Awami League a rebirth, introducing multiparty democracy to the country,” he said.
Awami League killed the then president Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975, added the leader.
“Khandakar Mostak Ahmed, leader of the Awami League, assumed office after killing him [Mujib]. He promulgated military rule, and then chief justice ASM Syaem was made president. To conceal history, some Awami League lawyers labeled Zia a killer. They cannot change history just through falsehood.”
Regarding BNP Senior Vice-Chairman Tarique Rahman’s recent controversial statement on political history, Fakhrul said: “He [Tarique] talked about politics and history. If his statement is not true, give logical explanation.”
Earlier, at a press briefing at the party’s Nayapaltan headquarters, BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the “illegitimate” cabinet members of the “illegitimate government” became desperate to draw the attention of the prime minister through scolding opposition men.
He allegedly said nobody knew about the law minister’s party position in the Awami League, but after being appointed as a minister, he became the key figure in hurling abuses at the BNP.
Pointing his finger at the law minister, Rizvi said during the 1/11 changeover Law Minister Anisul Huq was appointed as a lawyer of the Anti-Corruption Commission.
