Dhaka: Fascist dictator is sitting across the border. It is sitting and hatching new conspiracies, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has commented.

He said this while speaking as the chief guest at the Thakurgaon Chhatra Parishad Student Convention-2024 in Dhaka at Khamarbari Krishibid Institute in the capital on Friday (November 29) afternoon.

Urging to be vigilant in confronting the conspiracies of fallen dictators, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that what we have achieved should not go in vain because dictatorship is sitting across the border. It is sitting and hatching new conspiracies. Every moment, it wants to show the world by causing one incident or another that Bangladesh has become a country of fundamentalists. That minority brothers are being tortured in Bangladesh. Indian newspapers and social media are writing as if these terrible incidents are happening in Bangladesh. They are not. So who is doing it? Why are they doing it?

He said, I am saying these words because we have no time to be happy that we have won, everything is over. The sword is still over our heads. They are trying to take us back to darkness. That is why we have to be vigilant, we have to be careful. We have to prevent anyone from doing any kind of stubbornness, any chaos.

The BNP Secretary General expressed his regret and said, I am very sad when I see boys fighting in colleges. When such a big victory, history is made, then we have to see Suhrawardy-Molla College getting bloody due to fights. This is in no way acceptable. We have to stand against it. This is a conspiracy.

Addressing the students, he said, "The extraordinary work you have done in the history of Bangladesh, saving the country from monsters - this is not a small thing." We have not yet crossed that threshold; we have now gone a step further. Only when the students have given their hearts and shed blood has liberation come. The vanguard of our liberation is the students.

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, the names of the students come first in this movement. However, we do not keep track of how many rickshaw pullers and workers have lost their lives. I went to Pangu Hospital to see the students. When I went there, I saw that almost 40 percent were workers. It is also important for us to keep track of them.

He said, we are all at the end of our lives, and there was one hope that we would be able to see freedom from the hands of the monster in our lifetime. I was worried whether Begum Khaleda Zia would be able to see the country liberated. Alhamdulillah, she was able to see it.

Dhaka: BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan said, those fighting against fascism in Bangladesh must unite. Fascism cannot be defeated without united efforts.

He made these remarks as the chief guest at a discussion on the 43rd founding anniversary of the Bangladesh Khilafat Movement and “What we can do to confront fascism and its allies” at the National Press Club auditorium on Friday (November 29).

He said, we have a responsibility to restore democracy in the country. The blood of those who gave their lives for democracy cannot be dishonored.

He also said, our main responsibility to restore democracy is to arrange fair elections. The current government is forcibly seizing power and making a farce in the name of elections. The responsibility of an interim government is to arrange fair elections, where the opinions of the people will be accurately reflected.

Regarding the restoration of democracy, Nazrul Islam Khan said, starting from the 1952 language movement to the 1990 anti-dictatorship movement, the people of the country have shed a lot of blood. But even after independence, we have witnessed one-party rule, military dictatorship and the killing of democracy. Today's rulers have also made democracy meaningless in that sequence.

He criticized the Indian authorities and said, so many people died in the July Revolution, India has no statement. A lawyer was killed in Chattogram, India has no reaction. But they are right to make a statement for the expelled leader of ISKCON.

The discussion meeting was presided over by the Senior Nayeb Amir of the Bangladesh Khilafat Movement, Alhaj Mohammad Azam Khan. The organization's Central Joint Secretary General Mufti Enayet Ullah Hafezji, Secretary General Mufti Fakhrul Islam and other leaders were present.

Professor Asif Nazrul, law adviser to the interim government, said that numerous atrocities are being committed against the minority Muslim community in India's own soil. They have no hesitation or remorse about it. India is expressing undue concern about the situation in Bangladesh. India's duplicity is condemnable and objectionable.

He made this comment in a post on his Facebook page on Friday (November 29).

Quoting a survey by Voice of America Bangla, the law adviser said that most people in Bangladesh (64.1 percent) believe that the interim government is able to provide more security to the country's minority population than the previous Awami League government. We have also seen for ourselves how the people of Bangladesh, including student organizations, madrasas and political parties, worked for the security of minorities during the recent Durga Puja. Most recently, even after the brutal and provocative murder of lawyer Saiful Islam Alif in Chattogram, Muslims in Bangladesh have shown infinite restraint and patience.

The law adviser further said, even then, India's unwanted concern over the situation in Bangladesh has not stopped. Numerous atrocities against the minority Muslim community are taking place on India's own soil. Yet they have no shame or remorse about it. This hypocrisy of India is condemnable and objectionable.

It is worth noting that the Indian government and the country's opposition political party Congress have expressed deep concern over the arrest of Bangladesh Sammilita Sanatani Jagran Jote spokesperson and ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari in a sedition case. Along with this, the party has also expressed concern over the 'insecurity' of religious minorities in Bangladesh.

It is true that fascism has fallen. But fascism can return for some of our work at any time, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has commented. For this, he called on everyone to unite.

Mirza Fakhrul said these things in his speech as the chief guest at a view-sharing meeting titled 'Role of Writers and Artists in State Reconstruction' organized by the Jatiyo Kabita Parishad at the National Press Club on Thursday (November 28).

The BNP Secretary General said that the friends of dictatorship are systematically causing various incidents. The sacrifices made so far cannot be allowed to fail. We must move forward through unity without creating discord among ourselves.

Mirza Fakhrul said that fascism has been defeated, but it can return at any time. Today, unfortunately, we are doing several things that have greatly increased the possibility of fascism returning.

He said, many people say that elections are not democracy, of course not. For that, a process is needed, if we do not go through that process, then we will not be able to reach the goal.

On the current unstable environment, Mirza Fakhrul said, I think it is being created in a very planned way. It is being done by fallen fascism. Why are we, who were in favor and fought, creating division? Today, it is scary to hear different things in different places, we are trying to take the entire movement in a different direction right now.

Criticizing the Indian media, he said, a few people called me last night, their only question was what are you doing about ISKCON? This question is completely intentional.

The meeting, chaired by Jatiyo Kabita Parishad convener Mohan Raihan, also included former DUCSU VP Mujahidul Islam Selim, Nagorik Oikya president Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Biplobi Workers Party general secretary Saiful Haque, Gana Sanghati Andolon chief coordinator Jonayed Saki, BNP vice chairman Nurul Islam Moni, writer and intellectual Salimullah Khan, writer and journalist Abu Sayeed Khan, National Press Club president and editor of Daily Kaler Kantho poet Hasan Hafiz, poet and journalist Sohrab Hasan and Gana Adhikar Parishad general Rashed Khan, among others spoke.