2022 to witness democracy

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said their party is hopeful that democracy will be ‘restored’ in Bangladesh in the New Year, 2022. "Hopefully, in this New Year 2022, democracy will be restored and our leader Begum Khaleda Zia will be released (fully from jail). We’ll surely be able to establish a government of people,” he said. The BNP leader made the remarks while talking to reporters after placing a wreath at party founder Ziaur Rahman’s grave together with the leaders of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal, marking its 43rd founding anniversary.

‘I, the party chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, the acting chairman Tareq Rahman and Chhatra Dal greet the countrymen on the occasion of the English New Year. Hopefully, in 2022 the people will be freed, democracy will be freed and Begum Khaleda Zia will be released. We must be able to establish a people’s government in the country,’ Fakhrul. He said that Khaleda Zia was fighting for her life at hospital. ‘The fact that she has been held captive and the punishment she has been given is completely political revenge,’ he added. He said, ‘Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has created such a situation because of her personal revenge, so that Khaleda Zia does not get any treatment.’ Responding to another question about the president’s dialogue about EC formation, Fakhrul said that the party thought that this dialogue was meaningless.

The BNP standing committee has already informed the media in a press release that it has decided not to take part in the dialogue with the president. On January 1, 1969, Ziaur Rahman formed the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal with the three principles of education, unity and progress.