BNP must take control of streets as victory is inevitable: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday urged the people, especially the youth, to get ready to intensify the movement against the current 'fascist regime' by taking control of the streets as their victory is inevitable, reports UNB.

"I would like to draw attention of the students and youths that when we're young we waged a war and liberated the country…the youths have to now wake up once again to liberate the country afresh for ensuring our future safety, prosperity, justice, parity, social esteem and building a new Bangladesh," he said.

Speaking at a huge public rally in front of the party's Nayapaltan central office, he said their party has initiated a movement to save the 180 million people of Bangladesh and protect the country from misrule.

"We all must get into this movement. We'll have to take to the streets with fresh vigour and take their control to establish a government of people in the true sense by ousting the present fascist and monstrous regime. Our victory is inevitable,"

He also urged the government to step down immediately handing over power to a non-party neutral administration shouldering its failure to resolve people's problems. "The parliament must be dissolved and the Election Commission has to be reconstituted for forming a new government and parliament of people through a credible election."

Fakhrul said their party will spread their anti-government movement across the country's villages and upazilas with programmes like rallies and demonstrations from August 22. "We'll force this government to quit and arrange a fresh election under a non-party government through our movement by uniting people.

BNP's Dhaka south and north city units arranged the rally protesting the latest hike in fuel prices and the power crisis.

Thousands of leaders and activists of the party and its associate bodies started to gather in the area since 10 am blocking both sides of the road stretching from Bijoynagar crossing to Fakirerpool, causing immense sufferings to commuters.