Amir Khasru urges BNP men to follow Zia's ideology

BNP standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury on Saturday called upon the party leaders and workers to follow the ideology, philosophy and thoughts of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman, reports BSS.

"President Ziaur Rahman established Bangladesh as an economically strong and proud nation. To improve the quality of our lives, all of us must follow his philosophy and thoughts in our daily lives, including political activities," he said.

Amir Khasru was addressing a discussion organised by Mukto Chinta Bangladesh marking the 89th birth anniversary of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman at Zahur Hossain Chowdhury Hall of the Jatiya Press Club.

He said bringing a qualitative change in politics is a must now in Bangladesh and Ziaur Rahman's physiology can play a vital role to this end.

Describing BNP's role in the movement against Awami League rule, he said, "We had been protesting on the streets for the past 16 years to oust the dictatorial regime of Sheikh Hasina.

We had to suffer in jail time and again as many leaders and activists were murdered and became victims of enforced disappearance."

The BNP leader said Bangladesh is free today, so it is high time to build Bangladesh as per the dream of Ziaur Rahman.

"It is time to think anew about where Bangladesh stands in the field of education, how we will bring the education system of Bangladesh to the right tract in the future, what steps to take for this, we have to decide now. Even the health sector is a very important, we have to give importance to how we can deploy health services to serve the people," he observed.

Amir Khasru termed President Ziaur Rahman the architect of independent Bangladesh, saying he was an ideal army general who declared the country's independence by fighting from the front.