Selim Chowdhury Hira:
In his speech as the chief guest at a BNP public meeting in Laksam, Comilla, party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said to the interim government, hold elections immediately. Don’t delay any longer. We will be elected by the people’s votes and come to power. A stable government is essential for the country’s development and order.
He said, the fascist Awami League has destroyed this country. It has destroyed the judicial system, the financial system and all departments of the state. It has taken away the people’s right to vote. It has formed the government by voting on its own. Seven hundred and fifty leaders, including Hiru-Humayun of Laksam, have been disappeared. Their children are still shedding tears.
He also said, the people of Laksam have been persecuted the most during the Awami League’s tenure. Those who have committed misdeeds will be forced to flee like MP Tajul Islam here, like Sheikh Hasina. We are cooperating with the interim government and will continue to do so. We also want reforms. However, the common people of this country do not understand reforms. They understand thick rice and thick cloth.
He said these things at a public meeting organized by Laksam Municipality and Manoharganj Upazila BNP and its affiliated organizations at Laksam Stadium on Thursday afternoon to implement the 31-point state reforms.
The main speaker at the public meeting, BNP Vice Chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu, addressed the chief advisor and said that BNP will not accept local government elections before the national elections. It will not make decisions by listening to two or four minor advisors.
He said that in 1971, Sheikh Mujib surrendered to the Pakistanis and the leaders and activists of the Awami League went into hiding. During that critical period, martyred President Ziaur Rahman took charge of the country by declaring independence. If anyone from Sheikh Mujib’s family and anyone from the Awami League participated in the liberation war, I will migrate. Those who do not believe in the Liberation War do not have the right to seek votes in this country.
He also said, there is no alternative to unity. There will be no division among us. Everyone will have to work for the paddy sheaf whom the party nominates.
Laksam Upazila BNP convener and Central Committee Industrial Affairs Secretary Md. Abul Kalam presided over the public meeting. Former MP of Comilla-9 constituency Col. (Retd.) M Anwarul Azim, BNP Chairperson’s Advisor Monirul Haque Chowdhury, Central BNP Employment Affairs Secretary and Comilla South District Convener Zakaria Taher Suman, Relief and Rehabilitation Affairs Secretary Haji Amin Ur Rashid Yasin, Comilla Divisional Co-Organizing Secretary Mostaq Mia, Comilla Metropolitan BNP Convener Utbatul Bari Abu, Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP Joint Convener Md. Kafil Uddin, Comilla South District BNP Member Secretary Ashiqur Rahman Mahmud Wasim, Joint Convener Amiruzzaman Amir, Monoharganj Upazila BNP Convener Shah Sultan Khokon, Laksam Upazila BNP Member Secretary Abdur Rahman Badal, Monoharganj BNP Former President Alhaj Ilias Patwari, Laksam Municipality BNP Convener Md. Abul Hashem Manu, Upazila BNP Senior Joint Convener Dr. Nur Ullah Raihan, Former Upazila Parishad Chairman Alhaj Mazir Ahmed, Ayaz Ali Chowdhury, descendant of Nawab Faizunnessa, Rafsan Islam, son of missing BNP leader Saiful Islam Hiru, and Shahriar Kabir Ratul, son of Humayun Kabir Parvez.
Laksam Upazila BNP Convener Md. Former Comilla-10 MP Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan, Comilla Divisional Secretary Principal Selim Bhuiyan, Economic Affairs Secretary Engineer Khaled Hasan Mahbub Shyamol, Expatriate Welfare Affairs Secretary Sheikh Farid Ahmed Manik, Comilla North District BNP Convener Akhtaruzzaman Sarkar, Member Secretary AF Tarek Munshi, Laksam Municipality BNP Convener Abul Hashem Manu, Manoharganj Upazila BNP Convener Shah Sultan Khokon and Member Secretary Sarwar Bhuiyan Jahan Dolan were present as special guests at the public meeting conducted by Shah Alam, Mosharraf Hossain Mushu and Municipality BNP Member Secretary Belal Rahman Majumder.
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