Tarique calls upon BNP men to learn from Aug 5

'I will take actions as much I know about any wrongdoing'

FE Team | Published: January 29, 2025 00:23:21

Tarique Rahman

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has warned his party leaders and workers that he will neither own nor shelter anyone involved in activities that harm public trust or tarnish the party's image, reports UNB.
Speaking virtually at three workshops, he also called upon the party leaders and workers to keep the people with them to avoid the consequences the Awami League faced on August 5.
BNP's Satkhira district, Khulna district and city and Bagerhat district units arranged the programme separately on the party's 31-point state overhauling proposals.
"People or voters, irrespective of their party and opinion, want to keep confidence in the BNP. If someone does anything to destroy this trust or does anything that will destroy the trust, I won't carry them and won't give them shelter. Here the party has to be selfish," Tarique said.
The BNP leader also said if people lose faith in the party due to the wrongdoing of any individual leader or worker, he will own them.
"Because, we are now standing in the current position amidst many storms, ordeals, atrocities, and persecutions and it's no longer possible for us to pamper anyone who makes personal gains by harming the interests of the party," he said.
Tarique said many people ask him about the consequences of expelling so many party leaders and workers involved in anti-party activities.
"I'm just making my stance clear by taking the action. Maybe I couldn't address all the issues. I am taking measures as much as I know about any wrongdoing."
He said BNP is sending a message that it is unwilling to maintain relations with bad elements in society and within the party by expelling errant leaders and workers. "We will try to reflect in our actions what we say with our words. That is why we are taking the highest action or maximum steps as a political party and organisation," Tarique said.
He said had BNP been in power, they would have definitely severed ties with errant party leaders and workers and taken action against them in accordance with the laws of the country.