BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday said the main challenge for the nation is now to establish people's rule and ensure their political and voting rights, reports UNB.
"The main goal of the movement was to establish the political rights of people and protect individual freedom. The autocratic regime fled the country in the face of the movement. Now, it is essential to establish people's rule and ensure political rights. The key way to achieve this is by creating a system where people can directly exercise their voting rights," he said.
Speaking virtually at the Rajshahi city unit BNP's biennial conference, the BNP leader said that through such voting, people will decide who will govern the country for a specific term in the future.
He said the interim government is gradually moving in that direction as it has announced that a national election will be held before the upcoming Ramadan.
Tarique said this election will mark the first step towards realising people's rights.
He, however, said holding elections and forming a government through voting is not enough.
Tarique said people want to know from BNP leaders what the future of the country looks like, what BNP plans to do next because the people of Bangladesh want to place their trust in the party.
He acknowledged the many challenges ahead for the country in the days to come to rebuild the state institutions.
"If BNP is able to form the next government, it will need to rebuild the state, as the autocratic regime destroyed education, justice, law and order, the economy, and healthcare in pursuit of its self-interest," the BNP leader said.
Stating that BNP was the first to propose state reform, he said BNP presented a 31-point outline containing various reform proposals nearly two and a half years ago during the autocratic period.
BNP Chairperson's Adviser Abdus Salam inaugurated the council in the morning at the historic field adjacent to the Madrasa ground in Rajshahi.
