A well-planned attempt to postpone the national election is underway: Mirza Fakhrul

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News Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that a well-planned conspiracy is underway to postpone the national elections.

He said this virtually at a press conference after a joint meeting of BNP and its affiliates at the chairperson's political office in Gulshan in the capital on Tuesday. The joint meeting was held to mark the 44th martyrdom anniversary of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman. Mirza Fakhrul, who is undergoing treatment at a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, joined the meeting and presided over it virtually.

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, a new possibility has been created in exchange for the blood of thousands of students and the public. We see a black shadow looming over the establishment of democracy and a truly modern Bangladesh free from fascism. A very well-planned conspiracy has begun to postpone the elections, deprive the people of their rights and deprive them of their right to vote.

Commenting on the politics of division having begun again, Mirza Fakhrul said, "There is an attempt to create division among tribes. A conspiracy and plot has begun to pit various government institutions against each other. We can see that some people who have infiltrated the government; are trying to take Bangladesh in a different direction by infiltrating it, trying to influence it in different sectors." He said, "The BNP always has a great responsibility. That responsibility is the responsibility of establishing democracy, the responsibility of rebuilding Bangladesh anew. That responsibility is the dream that martyred President Ziaur Rahman had, the dream that our national leader Begum Khaleda Zia started working to realize - now the young leader, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, is leading to build Bangladesh with a new dream." In order to realize the hopes and aspirations of Bangladesh and the people of the country, every leader and worker of BNP will have to do their work very vigilantly and consciously today and will have to stand against any conspiracy and plot.

Addressing the leaders and workers, the BNP Secretary General said, so that no one can ever take away the independence of Bangladesh, so that no one can destroy the sovereignty of Bangladesh, so that no one can ever suppress the democracy of Bangladesh with fascism and tyranny, every BNP worker will have to play that role today. On this 44th martyrdom anniversary, today is not a day of mourning, we want to turn mourning into all our strength.

Mirza Fakhrul said, those who are conspiring against Bangladesh today; those who kept Bangladesh under a fascist regime for 15 years - are still conspiring from across the border to deprive the people of their rights in Bangladesh again and to create obstacles in the path of development. Even at this time, we must remember the name of martyred President Ziaur Rahman again and again.

8-day program on the martyrdom anniversary of Ziaur Rahman

BNP has announced an eight-day program on the occasion of the 44th martyrdom anniversary of former president and party founder Ziaur Rahman. At a press conference after the joint meeting today, the party's Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi announced an eight-day program from May 26 to June 2.

Rizvi said, since June 7 is Eid al-Adha. That is why our program has been shortened a bit. The program will be eight days long. That is, from June 25 to June 2. On May 30, at 10:30 am, there will be a discussion meeting, distribution of rice, pulses and clothes among the needy, in addition to paying tribute to Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. On the occasion of the martyrdom anniversary, the BNP central office in Nayapaltan, the chairperson's office in Gulshan and the party offices across the country will keep the BNP flag at half-mast and hoist the black flag. BNP and its affiliated organizations will publish posters about Ziaur Rahman and the party will take measures to publish special supplements in various national dailies. The program includes a discussion meeting at the Engineers Institution auditorium in Ramna on May 29 at 3 pm, paying homage to Ziaur Rahman's grave in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on May 30 at 10:30 am and mass prayers at mosques etc. In addition, Dhaka Metropolitan North and South BNP will distribute rice, pulses and clothes among the needy in various police stations and wards. In addition to the central program, district and upazila-police-police stations-municipal units across the country will also hold various programs in memory of Ziaur Rahman, including discussion meetings, distribution of food and clothes among the needy.

BNP Joint Secretary General Khairul Kabir Khokon, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, Abdus Salam Azad, Publicity Secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, and leaders of the party's organs and associate organizations were present at the joint meeting.