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.

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has urged the interim government to control the situation with firm hand.

The BNP Acting Chairman said this in a statement on the prevailing political situation on Wednesday (November 27) night.

In the statement, Tarique Rahman said, after the escape of the dictatorship, in post-people's uprising Bangladesh, on the one hand, the demands of the people deprived of their rights for a long decade and a half, and on the other hand, the fire of revenge of the fugitive dictatorship has created a turbulent situation in the country. The fugitive dictatorship had created a mountain of irregularities in different sectors of the country in the last 15 years. It took away all the rights of the people. In an environment free from dictatorship, people of different classes and professions are currently taking to the streets with demands and demands. The accomplices of the fugitive dictatorship, who have lost illegal power and illegal privileges, are trying to use this movement to realize the people's demands as an opportunity to destabilize the government. Using the movement as a shield, the conspirators have been involved in an attempt to create anarchy in the country by mixing with the protesters.

He further said that the conspirators have spread a web of conspiracy in the country by exploiting various issues related to the rights of the people. The attempt to create a planned anarchy is gradually becoming visible throughout the country. Intolerance is being observed in the minds of the people. There is no room to view the incidents that have taken place in various parts of the country including Dhaka in the last few days as isolated incidents. The malicious activities of those who have destroyed state stability in recent times have become worrisome.

Urging the law enforcement agencies to closely investigate whether anyone is taking advantage of the people's rational movement situation to 'sabotage', Tarique Rahman said, why have the students who played a courageous role in the public movement on the streets against the mafia government suddenly become so vengeful against each other? This question has now become a big one in the public mind. After such a successful mass uprising of students and the public, why would students vandalize the education premises? Why would they set fire? There is no opportunity to watch these incidents normally. We need to increase surveillance on the situation.

Appealing to the people about the current situation in the country, Tarique Rahman said, "Give the government a little more time. Show a little more patience. Stay calm. Keep a close and vigilant eye on the situation. Regardless of party, religion, or caste, each of us must remember that if we fail to overcome the obstacles of the conspirators on the journey of establishing democracy with prudence, the freedom-loving people will have to pay an extreme price."