BNP Standing Committee member Major (retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram has said that the coordinators of the anti-discrimination student movement do not believe in building a democratic society.
He said this at a discussion titled 'The aspirations of the great November 7 and today's political context' at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Monday (November 11) afternoon on the occasion of National Revolution and Solidarity Day. The discussion meeting was organized by the Bangladesh Nationalist Freedom Fighters Party.
Expressing his regret over the coordinators' words, this senior BNP leader said, two days ago, a big student leader said that 2,000 people did not give their lives to vote. Is voting so simple? Voting is the symbol of democracy. We fought for voting in 1971. This fight was for democracy, for freedom of speech, for the fundamental rights of the people. The first step of which was a fair election. And they are saying that independence was not achieved for voting. So why is this war? What is our sacrifice for? The object of vote rigging? That is, they do not believe in building a democratic society.
He said, they (student leaders) think that the country will be fixed by holding two processions on the streets. Their gurus teach them, First Republic, Second Republic. There is only one Republic, which we created in 1971. Here, Second, Third Republic is all these nonsense nationalist talks. These are not needed now. The common people understand. In a very short time, conduct electoral reforms and hold elections.
Mentioning that reforms will be made, I do not see reforms anywhere, Major(retd) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed said, of course, those who have killed, disappeared, looted, and rigged the vote must be brought under punishment.
At this time, he said, Sheikh Hasina does not run away, she has said so many big words but had to run away in one piece. What happened? Learn to respect the power of the people. How great was the power, they killed people by shooting from helicopters and still I don't see any remorse.
This member of the BNP standing committee said, referring to the Awami League, they (Awami League) want to come to power again. What will they do? Will they kill more people? Will they loot more money? The people of Bangladesh will never accept you. If you have the courage, come and say with folded hands that you want to apologize. Say you have killed people, disappeared, murdered and looted. But don't say such contradictory things that will bring down this government in December.
Stating that I have supported the Yunus government and will continue to do so in the future, he said, but don't try to stay in power for life. Don't think about staying in power for 10-20 years. In the meantime, the prices of goods have increased a lot, discipline has not returned among the police force and other forces. Those who were Sheikh Hasina's vassals are still sitting in their respective places. Removing them quickly is an important task of the current government.