BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman virtually speaking in a discussion held at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium in the city on the martyrdom anniversary of BNP founder Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman . Photo: BNP media cell

 DHAKA, May 29, 2025 (BSS) – BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today urged the interim government to announce specific date for the next national election saying it is possible to hold the polls before December.

"We think that after completing the proposed reforms, if their intentions are honest, they will hold elections by December, which is certainly possible,” he told a discussion on virtual platform.

BNP organized the discussion on the occasion of the 44th martyrdom anniversary of BNP founder and Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) auditorium in the city.

Party’s Chairperson and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia virtually addressed the function as the chief guest with Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir in the chair.

Urging the government to declare the date of next election Tarique Rahman said, “This government could not give a date for the national election even in 10 months. As a result, uncertainty has been created in the political arena,” he said.

Noting that economic activities have become uncertain, he said the desired investment is not coming in the country. Business communities and industrialists are worried as hundreds of factories have already been shut down and many others are waiting for closure, he said.

Stating that the interim government has no contact with the people, Tarique Rahman said, the advisers know nothing about the woes and expectation of the common people. 

Tarique Rahman also said the interim government has been constituted under a special circumstance after the mass uprising. The interim government is not accountable to anybody, he said.

BNP Standing Committee members Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Abdul Moyeen Khan, Salahuddin Ahmed, Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku, Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed, retired Dhaka University teacher Prof Mahbub Ullah, and Jahangirnagar University Vice-Chancellor Prof Kamrul Ahsan also spoke on the occasion.
Publicity Secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku moderated it.