Fakhrul's demand for neutral govt hints at another 1/11: Nahid
January 24, 2025 00:00:00
Md Nahid Islam
Information and Broadcasting Adviser Md Nahid Islam Thursday said BNP Secretary- General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's demand for a neutral government actually hints at forming another 1/11 government, reports BSS.
"The Awami fascism had emerged from the settlement of 1/11 [installation of a military-backed government in 2007]. In the BNP secretary- general's remarks, there are signs of another 1/11 government, a continuation of parliamentary majority and a knee-jerk foreign policy, and the lack of justice for enforced disappearances, killings and the July massacre," he said.
Nahid, also posts, telecommunications and information technology adviser, made the remarks in a status posted on his verified Facebook account. He said the plan to minus the students and the leaderships of the uprising had begun from August 5.
"On August 5, when the students and the people were fighting on the streets and police were firing constantly, many of our compromising national leaders were busy planning to form a new government in the cantonment excluding the people (but many of them also talked about the students there)," Nahid wrote.
He added: "We have been saying since August 3 that we will not accept any kind of military rule or emergency. We were repeatedly asked to go to the cantonment, but we refused to do that. Finally, through discussions and bargaining at Bangabhaban, it was decided to form an interim government with Dr.