BNP leader Dudu calls for resistance against extortionists

FE Team | Published: August 31, 2024 00:00:22

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu on Friday stressed the need for all-out resistance against the extortionists and miscreants as they try to create chaos in the country, reports UNB.
"The country is ours. Some masked men are creating chaos everywhere. They are trying to extort money. BNP has clearly called them miscreants…..no compromise should be made here," he said while addressing a sit-in programme in the city.
Bangladesh Nagorik Odhikar Andolan organised the programme in front of the National Press Club to demand the withdrawal of the false cases against BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman.
Dudu said their leader Tarique Rahman asked for resisting the miscreants and handing them over to the police.
He said BNP has opposed these malefactors for 17 years, no matter whoever they are, for the interests of the people, the country, the economy and the politics.
"There is no way to support these miscreants. You will have to bring them to book wherever they are found," he said.
The BNP leader said this interim government released BNP chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia and the BNP also welcomed it.
But there are some 60 lakh accused in 2.5 lakh cases against leaders and activists of BNP and the opposition parties, including Begum Khaleda Zia, Tarique Rahman and Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, he said
"They fought for democracy. Many are still in jail...Some are in jail with life sentences and death sentences. They have not been released yet," said Dudu.