I wanted to point out BNP\\\'s mistakes, says Moudud

FE Team | Published: September 16, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

Senior BNP leader Moudud Ahmed says his comments were not to please the government but to pick apart the party's 'failures and mistakes' so that it can 'correct' itself, reports bdnews24.com.
Reacting to the party's Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi's criticism over his recently published book, he said he believed the BNP will be able to come to power if it corrected those 'mistakes'.
Speaking to reporters on Monday on the Supreme Court premises, the BNP leader said: "There is no relation between the book and pleasing the government or saving my house.
"The book portrays our party's failures back then and the reasons behind its not winning the 2008 election.
"I believe we will return to power under the leadership of Khaleda Zia, if the mistakes I pointed out are corrected. Democracy will return in the country."
Modud's recent book 'Bangladesh Emergency and the Aftermath (2007-2008)', published on Saturday, touches on issues like allegation of large-scale corruption by BNP leaders, coalition with Jamaat-e-Islami leaders accused of war crimes in 1971, involvement of some ministers of the BNP-Jamaat alliance government with the rise of terrorism, power abuse of Khaleda Zia's family members and handing over power to Iajuddin Ahmed after 'failing' to resolve the issue of forming a caretaker government.
According to the BNP leader, these were the reasons behind voters 'turning their backs' on the BNP during the 2008 polls.
He wrote the book while being in jail during the military-backed caretaker regime.
"There is no relation between the book's content and Rizvi's comment. I am hurt by his comments. He should have commented after reading the whole book. I did not expect such comments from him," said Moudud while speaking to reporters on Monday.
"The book's key focus is on the 2008 election...There were a lot of reasons behind our failure while being in power and losing the election, which I have indicated in this book," he added.
In his book, Moudud dubbed the results of the 2008 polls as a 'silent revolution'
According to the senior BNP leader, Sheikh Hasina's stance against terrorism and for secularism as well as her pledge to build a digitalised Bangladesh attracted the 15 million young voters.