BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the interim government not to make political parties its opponents.

He said this as the chief guest at a discussion organized at the Institute of Engineers (IEB) in the capital on Friday (December 13) afternoon to mark the Martyred Intellectuals Day.

The BNP Secretary General said, we have given them the responsibility to create an environment for a fair election. Especially, we, on behalf of BNP, have supported them from the beginning, we are still supporting them and we are supporting them even at this moment because we want them to complete the work and give the people the opportunity to elect their representatives.

At the same time, he urged the interim government not to make political parties its opponents.

Expressing anger over Advisor Nahid's statement that political parties are working to fail the interim government and demanding its withdrawal, he said, "Yesterday I saw an adviser comment that political parties are working to fail the interim government. I don't know why, in what context, why he did it. I don't know whether he understood the depth of this statement or not. This is a very serious statement. This government is an interim government. We, who have been protesting, have given this government the responsibility so that they can create a fair environment for the elections." Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, "But when he says this, it is a very serious accusation. I strongly condemn it. I think he should withdraw such a statement. And I want to remind you, please don't make political parties your opponents. Political parties are cooperating with you, it is the responsibility of political parties." If you say there, we are trying to fail....we have said it a thousand times, our chairman has said that if this government fails, it means the people will fail, we will fail.

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has called on everyone to work together to build a Bangladesh as dreampt by martyred intellectuals.

He said this in a message on the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day on Friday (December 13).

He said, "On the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day, I pay my humble respects to the immortal memory of the first-class martyred intellectuals of the country who were martyred at the hands of the invading forces and their allies during the Liberation War in 1971. I pray for the forgiveness of their souls."

Referring to Martyred Intellectuals Day as a touching and sorrowful day in the history of the nation, Tarique Rahman said, "The immortal intellectuals are the best children of the country who were born in a short time, who wanted to see a prosperous and high-headed nation. They expected a democratic state free from exploitation based on justice." But the 'friends' of the invading forces carried out this massacre planned to demoralize independent Bangladesh on the eve of the final victory.

The Acting Chairman of the BNP said that immediately after independence, undemocratic forces, like the Pakistani invading forces, started taking away the universal democratic rights of the people of the country one by one, weakening the independence and sovereignty of our state, which was obtained in exchange for a river of blood and sacrifice, day by day and shattering the hopes of the martyred intellectuals in building a democratic state and society.

In a message criticizing the Awami League, the second-in-command of the BNP said that by carrying on the tradition of that misrule, their successors, the Awami fascists, created obstacles in the way of building a united nation and national progress through division, disunity and narrow-mindedness, disappearances, murder and crossfire, and sent democracy into exile. Therefore, instead of democratic development of our state and turning the country into a prosperous, self-reliant and strong state, it creates an atmosphere of one-party misrule.

He said, in today's changed political situation, we have to unite again and practice true democracy. We have to build the lost rule of law, independent judiciary and a political system of pluralism and path. In this regard, the martyred intellectuals will continue to serve as our source of inspiration.

Expressing deep condolences to the families of the martyred intellectuals, Tarique Rahman said, on this sorrowful day today, I appeal to the countrymen - let us work together to build Bangladesh of the expectations of the martyred intellectuals.

BNP Standing Committee member Salahuddin Ahmed said that the fascist regime (Awami League) has implemented a huge project to create a talentless nation, starting from the bureaucracy of Bangladesh.

He said this at a discussion meeting organized on the occasion of Martyred Intellectuals Day at the Institute of Engineers (IEB) in the capital on Friday (December 13) afternoon.

Criticizing the Awami League, Salahuddin Ahmed said that during the past fascism, a project was taken to end the entire education system of Bangladesh in a systematic way, through various processes. In many cases, it has been successful.

He said, what has happened in Bangladesh through increasing the marks, leaking the question papers and partisanizing the Public Service Commission, this fascist regime has implemented a huge project to create a nation without talent, starting from the bureaucracy of Bangladesh, by ending not only the education system in this country but also the working population that is created through the education system.

He said, those countries are the most developed, the country where the library is the most developed, the country where the number of universities is high. Pakistan had finished off the intellectuals of that country to finish off a country.

This member of the BNP Standing Committee said where we stand now, to make our society an intellectual, knowledge-based system, to establish a state system without discrimination. We have to undertake enough projects to see how we can form this nation into a well-educated, intellectual, knowledge-based nation.

Also present were BNP Standing Committee members Major (Retd.) Hafiz Uddin Ahmed Bir Bikram; Selina Rahman; Moin Uddin, BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, BNP Central Publicity Secretary Sultan Salahuddin Tuku, among others.

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman will return home as soon as the case is over, said the party's Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. He (Tarique Rahman) has called on the leaders and activists to be patient.

He made this statement while talking to reporters after landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on Thursday (December 12) afternoon after receiving treatment from London.

In response to a question from journalists, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said that the information adviser's statement that political parties are trying to thwart the interim government is anti-political. He said that all political parties have cooperated with the current interim government.

The BNP Secretary General said that the idea that BNP is prioritizing elections rather than reforms is wrong.

Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went to London for treatment early this month. Along with treatment there, he met with the party's Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman. He also attended various events with leaders of various BNP organizations in London.