DHAKA, Dec 29, 2024 (BSS) - Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed today said BNP has never compromised on the issue of democracy and never stepped away from the promises it made to the people.

“BNP has never bowed down its head on the issue of democracy,” he told reporters after paying tributes to the memory of martyred President Ziaur Rahman by laying a wreath at his grave at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar here on behalf of the Jatiyatabadi Rickshaw Van Auto Sramik Dal.

Rizvi said from the proclamation of independence by the then Major and later President of Bangladesh Shaheed Ziaur Rahman in 1971, to the formation of political parties, state governance, return to the parliamentary system of government and until August 5, 2024, BNP has never bowed its head on the issue of democracy.

The BNP leader said one of the country's Islamic political parties wants to forgive deposed autocrat Sheikh Hasina in the name of improving relations with neighboring India

“Not only neighboring country but also an Islamic party, which opposed the country’s 1971 Liberation War is trying to fish in troubled waters,” he said.

He said the fascist Awami League had looted and occupied the bank before August 5, 2024, and an Islamic party has been occupying the banks after August 5.
Rizvi said 'July-August' revolution is the result of 16 years of uninterrupted movement.

A total of 97 working class people of the country were martyred while carrying out this movement, he said.

Their contribution has set the entire nation on fire and resulting in the success of the mass uprising of the students and the people.