BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman waves to his adherents from the party's central office in Nayapaltan, Dhaka, on Monday. — FE Photo by K Asad-Uz-Zaman Acting Chairman of BNP Tarique Rahman Sunday sat in his party headquarters, long after banishment, and then urged people from all walks of life to contribute to rebuilding Bangladesh according to their own capacity.
Even small civic acts matter for the country, he said, with practical example like even picking a waste paper littering the street.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chief arrived at the BNP central office in Naya Paltan at around 4:00pm and went up to the second floor of the building. Addressing a large crowd gathered there, the scion of Zia family said he had not come for any formal programme but visited the party office casually.
"I have one simple request," he told the audience. "Everyone should do whatever they can, from their own position, to rebuild the country. Even if you see garbage on the road, pick it up and throw it into the right place -- that too is a service to the nation. We must all work to build the country."
His visit came after a long gap of 19 years -- days after his homecoming from London -- and drew a massive turnout of party supporters and well-wishers.
However, noticing people crowding in front of the party office, Mr Rahman urged them to vacate the streets and help maintain normal traffic movement.
Requesting the gathering to leave the area peacefully, he said road blockades would cause suffering to ordinary people trying to cross the roads and would worsen traffic congestion.
"Please clear the area and cooperate with traffic movement," said Tarique in his appeal.
At the main gate of the party office, he was welcomed by BNP senior joint secretary-general Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, BNP Chairperson's Advisory Council member Abdus Salam, joint secretary-general Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel and treasurer Rashiduzzaman Millat, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal president Rakibul and general secretary Nasir, along with leaders of various BNP-affiliated organisations.
The brief visit ended with renewed calls for discipline, responsibility and collective effort to make Bangladesh a better and more orderly country.
His office visit happens to have coincided with the filing of nomination for him to run for the upcoming February polls -- first after last year's mass uprising that brought about regime change in Bangladesh and paved the way for his repatriation.
December 29 was the last day for submitting nomination papers, aspirants for a parliament seat filed nomination documents across the country.
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