Co-secretary of international affairs for BNP and a former member of parliament Barrister Rumeen Farhana today spoke at the Shilpokola Academy auditorium in Rangpur. Photo : BSS

RANGPUR, April 23, 2025 (BSS) - Co-secretary of international affairs for BNP 
and a former member of parliament Barrister Rumeen Farhana has said BNP has 
been fighting for participatory, impartial and fair elections for 17 years. 
 
"That fight is still going on because presently there is no elected 
government in the country. There is an unelected interim government. Our 
fight will continue until an elected government comes," she said. 
 
He told BNP leaders and activists that just as the fascist Awami League were 
overthrown through a movement based on unity, the movement to form an elected 
government based on unity must be continued.
 
Rumeen Farhana said this at a training workshop titled "The 31-Point for 
State Structure Reform and Public Engagement" at the Shilpokola Academy 
auditorium in the city on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
Organised by the Central Training Affairs Committee of BNP for the leaders 
and workers of Rangpur District and Metropolitan units of the party and its 
associate bodies, central, local and divisional level leaders also 
participated in the event. 
 
Barrister Rumeen Farhana said that BNP has never held or supported rigged 
elections. It will not support rigged elections in the future either. 
 
BNP will go to parliament on the basis of people's support, love and trust to 
form a government.
 
Urging party leaders and activists to be prepared for the upcoming 
parliamentary elections, she said that if the elections are at least fair, 
BNP will win two-thirds of the seats. 
 
"However, we should not be overconfident. We must remember that the ground we 
are fighting on is difficult and tougher than before," she said. 
 
She said, "Everyone has to represent the BNP in their area. You are the 
reflection of the BNP, so you should act in such a way that people love the 
BNP more, they are inspired by you and strengthen the BNP's hand."
 

She said that the Awami League had always suppressed and oppressed the people 
in opposition in this country. They did not allow them to speak or to stay in 
their own villages and homes. 
 
They (Awami League) had made life miserable by attacking the opposition 
people and filing cases against them. 
 
"The fascist Awami League created a situation due to which Tarique Rahman 
could not come to the country. Not only that, it also sent Begum Khaleda Zia 
to prison even at the age of 76," said Rumeen Farhana.
 
She said the names of martyred President Ziaur Rahman, uncompromising leader 
Khaleda Zia and acting chairman Tareq Rahman are inextricably linked with the 
name Bangladesh. 
 
"The Zia family has sacrificed their lives for the country. If the Zia family 
is good, the country and the people are also good," she said. 
 
Regarding the new Bangladesh and reforms, she said that although different 
parties use these words, the fathers and dreamers of all this are BNP and 
Tarique Rahman. 
 
Later, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman virtually joined and addressed the 
event as the chief guest.
 
With Rangpur Metropolitan BNP Convener Shamsuzzaman Samu in the chair, BNP 
Media Cell Convener Professor Dr Moudud Hossain Alamgir Pavel attended the 
event as the main discussant.

BNP's Publicity Secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, it's Rangpur Divisional 
Organizing Secretary Principal Asadul Habib Dulu, Natore District BNP Joint 
Convener Farzana Sharmin Putul, Rangpur Metropolitan BNP Member-secretary 
Advocate Mahfuz Un Nabi Don, District BNP Convener Md Saiful Islam, its 
Member-secretary Anisur Rahman Laku, among others, were present at the 
workshop.