Staff Correspondent :
BNP Secretary General Mirza
Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today said if a clear election roadmap
is not announced at this moment, the ongoing crises can’t be
resolved.
“We repeatedly demanded a clear road map for holding a general
election, which ultimately will resolve all crises,” he added.
After paying homage to the grave of Shaheed President Ziaur
Rahman in capital’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Fakhrul came up with
these remarks.
BNP is not talking about elections to come to power, the BNP
Secretary General said, adding, that BNP demands an election
in the interest of protecting the nation, the country’s
independence and its sovereignty.
He hoped that the interim government will quickly make the
minimum reforms necessary for holding the polls and announce
the election date.
Earlier, several thousand leaders and activists led by Fakhrul
and Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas gathered at the
grave of former President of the country Ziaur Rahman, also
founder of BNP, in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, to place wreaths.
BNP Chairperson’s Advisory Council members Aman Ullah Aman,
Farhad Halim Donar and Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Senior Joint
Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, Joint Secretaries General
Khairul Kabir Khokon, Habib Un Nabi Khan Sohel and Shahid
Uddin Chowdhury Annie, Health Affairs Secretary Rafiqul Islam,
Dhaka City South BNP Convener Rafiqul Alam Majnu and Dhaka
City North BNP Convener Aminul Haque were present, among
others, on the occasion.
Later, the leaders joined a special prayer seeking eternal
peace of Zia’s departed soul.
Besides, leaders and activists from various affiliated
organizations including Metropolitan BNP, Jubo Dal,
Swechchhasebak Dal, Muktijoddha Dal, Mohila Dal and Chhatra
Dal paid their homage by laying wreaths at the grave of
Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman.
