BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said he was left 'deeply saddened' after learning about the recent arrest of five coordinators of Students Against Discrimination (SAD) on charges of extortion, reports UNB.
"When I saw it in the newspaper, I felt as if I had turned blue with pain. I saw that five coordinators were arrested by the police for forcibly extorting Tk 5.0 million from the house of a former MP," he said.
The BNP leader made the remarks while formally inaugurating Jatiyatabadi Jubo Dal's month-long programme in front of the National Museum in the capital's Shahbagh area, marking the first anniversary of the July Uprising.
He also expressed concern about the country's future, saying it was alarming to see the youths who led the mass uprising now being involved in such alleged wrongdoing.
"Is this the outcome we hoped for? Did anyone in this country want this? If such things are happening so soon --not even a year has passed --then what is our future? Dear fellow comrades (leaders and activists of Jubo Dal), I am saying these words because the whole country is now looking towards you," the BNP leader said.
He said it was the young men and women who brought the changes --who brought down Hasina's rule and drove her out of power and out of the country. "It is these very young people who now have to rebuild this country. It is they who must shape the future of a beautiful Bangladesh based on fairness, justice and humanity."
Fakhrul also lamented that even after one year they are still unable to say loudly and confidently that they are ready to rebuild the country anew.
Fakhrul 'deeply saddened' by arrest of 5 SAD coordinators
FE Team | Published: July 28, 2025 22:38:46
Fakhrul 'deeply saddened' by arrest of 5 SAD coordinators
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