The National Citizen Party on Monday accused the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of protecting the 1972 constitution adopted by the Sheikh Mujibur Rahman-led government after the country鈥檚 independence.
The party convener Nahid Islam made the remark while addressing a roadside rally in front of Circuit House in Patuakhali district town.
The rally was organised on the 14th day of NCP鈥檚 countrywide programme marking the July uprising that led to the fall of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hasina on August 5, 2024.
Nahid also alleged that the BNP activists had now become extortionists and thugs and were defending Mujibism.
鈥楾heir hypocrisy is exposed,鈥� Nahid said, adding that conspiracies were on to suppress the July uprising leaders who fought against a corrupt and mafia-driven political system.
Nahid also accused politically motivated media reports of undermining the leaders of the July uprising.
The rally was presided over by Supreme Court lawyer and NCP鈥檚 Patuakhali district unit coordinator Zahirul Islam Musa.
The NCP鈥檚 chief organiser for the south zone, Hasnat Abdullah and senior joint convener Samanta Sharmin, among others, also spoke.
Earlier in the day, NCP central leaders led a mass procession that began from the New Market area and passed through Launch Ghat, Chawk Bazar, Puran Bazar, Mukul Cinema Hall, Banani and the municipal office in the district town.