BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said that an all-out movement would be staged soon to overthrow the government.
He also said the BNP wants to see the party’s Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman beside the chairperson, Khaleda Zia.
“We do not want to see Tarique abroad. We want to see him beside our chairperson. We do not have time to sit idle. On the birthday of Tarique, we have to vow that we will wage an all-out movement against the repressive regime of Sheikh Hasina,” Fakhrul said while addressing a discussion at Engineers Institution in the capital. The discussion was arranged to mark Tarique’s 50th birth anniversary.
Khaleda was present at the discussion but she took a seat in the audience row and listened to speeches. Two documentaries on Tarique were screened after she had arrived at the venue.
Greeting Tarique, who has been living in the UK since 2007 and faces several graft charges, Fakhrul said: “Ziaur Rahman carried the flag of the country’s independence and sovereignty, and now our leader Khaleda has been doing so. Tarique is also carrying the flag now which is why conspiracy was plotted against him.”
“I want to tell you all that if we truly love Tarique then we have to oust the government and establish people’s government afterwards. If we really want to give Tarique a birthday present then the government’s ouster will be a big gift for him,” he said.
Former Dhaka University vice-chancellor Emajuddin Ahmed said: “I hope Tarique after three months will deliver a speech at Dhaka University that he gave at the Queen’s University in the UK.”
Earlier at a programme, BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas said a threat from Khaleda was enough to shake up the government. “We want to see how many bullets the government has. We are ready to take bullets in our chest,” he said.
“What will you [the government] do when the supply of bullets will run out? People will not spare you,” said Abbas while speaking at a discussion arranged to mark Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani’s death anniversary at National Press Club.
