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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.
