Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party Tarique Rahman addressing virtually a workshop from London at a local auditorium in Jhenaidah. Photo : BSS

JHENAIDAH, Jan 29, 2025 (BSS) - Acting Chairman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tarique Rahman said the entire nation is waiting for a fair and acceptable election.

He also urged the leaders and workers of his party to work devotedly to gain the public trust to win over the people’s heart in that election.

Tarique Rahman was addressing virtually a workshop from London on party’s 31-point reform agenda at a local auditorium in Jhenaidah district.

“We are waiting for a fair and acceptable election. The people are earnestly waiting to bring BNP to power,” he said adding that “If we want to go to the power through the next polls, our leaders and workers have to devote them to gain public trust.”

Leaders and workers of the BNP and its front and associates bodies from Narail, Jashore and Jhenaidah districts attended the workshop.

Tarique Rahman warned the party leaders that the journey toward the next election might be very tough. The path will not be so smooth, he said.

He urged the partymen to reach out the 31-point reform agenda to people saying as the charter has been made by BNP for welfare of the people.

The true development of the country will be taken place if we can implement the 31-point reform proposal, he said. 

Reminding all about the conspiracies being hatched at home and abroad against the BNP, he called upon all to remain alert. 
 
“It will not possible to defeat the BNP by hatching conspiracies as it’s the party of the people,” he said.

Tarique called upon his party leaders and workers to correct themselves to gain confidence of the people. 

Tarique Rahman said all political parties against the fascism should work together so that fascist cannot come back to power again. It would be difficult to run the country by the next government without unity, he added.

He said BNP is the largest political party played role in the anti-fascism movement. BNP has the ability to protect the country’s sovereignty he said adding that “BNP is more responsible than any other political parties to protect the country’s interests,” he said. 

Tarique Rahman said BNP will give state honour to the martyrs of July-August mass uprising and those who sacrificed their lives in the last 16 years.

“We will enquire about the families of the martyrs and injured persons. If we voted to power, the government establishments would be renamed after the martyrs,” he said.

Jhenaidah BNP general secretary Zahiduzzaman Mona presided over the workshop. BNP Media Cell Convener Dr Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel, Dhaka University white panel Convener Dr Morshed Hasan Khan, BNP Publicity Secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku and BNP Media Cell member Barrister Mir Md Helal Uddin, among others, were present.