Khaleda Zia's elder son and BNP's senior vice chairman Tarique Rahman has described Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's political career as a failure and said his father Ziaur Rahman succeeded in everything he did, reports bdnews24.com.
"Awami League leader Sheikh Mujib's 30-year political life is a failure, where as Ziaur Rahman succeeded in everything during his short political career of five years. He declared the independence," he said on Wednesday at a discussion in London.
The BNP leader has been living in the UK since 2008 after securing a bail from the Supreme Court.
"It took minutes for Sheikh Mujib to kill democracy in the country in 1975; he disbanded his own party the Awami League. Sheikh Mujib gifted the nation a famine in 1974. People were insecure even when at home during his regime," he said.
Tarique claimed that Ziaur Rahman brought economic prosperity and political freedom after coming to power.
"Ziaur Rahman brought the country's economy out of the rut and introduced multi-party democracy. The rise in remittances and income from the garments exports started during his regime. The manpower export market in the Middle East had also opened during his time," said the BNP leader.
In his speech at the discussion marking the 33rd death anniversary of his father, Tarique rapped the RAB saying that it has become a force to protect the Awami League.
Tarique reiterated her mother's demand to disband the elite police unit.
He said that RAB was created to check terrorism during the BNP's regime. And that the people got relief as the criminals were scared of the RAB.
Tarique terms Mujib\\\'s political career a failure
FE Team | Published: May 30, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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