The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Thursday hoped that the interim government would be able to hold the next general election at an appropriate time.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the hope while talking to reporters at the grave of the party founder, Ziaur Rahman, in the capital.
鈥楾hey (interim government) are playing an effective role. They have already done a lot of work and are continuing to do work. We all cooperate with the government. Hopefully, they will be able to hold elections at an appropriate time,鈥� Fakhrul said.
He also said that the party had taken a fresh vow to resist the hegemonic forces in a bid to protect the country鈥檚 democracy, independence and sovereignty.
鈥榃e made a vow on November 7, after paying homage to Ziaur Rahman, that we will resist fascism together with the people. We will launch a strong movement, if necessary, to protect democracy and preserve the country鈥檚 independence and sovereignty,鈥� Fakhrul said.
He also expressed the confidence that the people of Bangladesh would unite to reinforce the spirit of the student-led revolution.
Earlier, Fakhrul, accompanied by thousands of leaders and activists, placed wreaths and offered fathea at the grave of Ziaur Rahman, to mark the 鈥楴ational Revolution and Solidarity Day鈥�.
The day commemorates the civil-military uprising of November 7, 1975.
On this day in 1975, during a period of political unrest, soldiers and civilians jointly freed the then chief of Army Staff Ziaur Rahman from captivity in Dhaka Cantonment, clearing the way for him to assume power.
Fakhrul said that the fascist Awami League government had repeatedly plotted and resorted to repressive actions to eliminate the BNP.
He alleged that the Awami League had falsely implicated 60 lakh people, subjected around 700 to enforced disappearance, and killed several thousand others in its efforts to establish a one-party rule and fascism.
鈥楤ut by the grace of Allah, fascism and hegemonic forces have been defeated for the third time in Bangladesh through the student-led mass movement in 2024,鈥� Fakhrul added.
