Fakhrul clears up BNP's stance on AL's poll issue

BNP secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam speaks at a programme at Fulgazi, Feni, on Wednesday. — Focus Bangla

Bangladesh Nationalist Party secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said his party did not say anything about the issue of the Awami League's participation in the next general election.
"We (BNP) didn't say that we wanted to bring the AL in the election. The statement was not published or broadcast properly...," he added, clarifying his party's position.
Mr Alamgir said this to the media after distributing corrugated-iron sheets to flood-hit people and study materials to students at Fulgazi upazila, BNP chairperson Khaled Zia's ancestral home, in Feni.
The Fulgazi upazila BNP unit district organised the programme.
"We said the Awami League is a political party, people will decide whether to allow it in the election or not... We have nothing to do with it," said Mr Fakhrul.
"The outlaws of the AL have fled the country. We all must be united. We believe the interim government will hold an election after removing piles of irregularities cumulated over the last 15 years."
"The country will move forward after an election. The interim government has started working. It's not possible to change everything overnight. We said it would be good if the election is held as early as possible," he maintained.
The BNP secretary handed over corrugated-iron sheets to 25 flood-affected people and study materials to 200 students.
Central and local BNP leaders Dr AZM Zahid Hossain, Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie, Prof Zainul Abdin, Rehana Akter,
Mahbubar Rahman Shamim, Rafiqul Alam Majnu and Mohammad Robin, among others, were present.
Meanwhile, BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi warned that the country's sovereignty and independence would be jeopardised in case of the return of the fascist Sheikh Hasina and AL to power again.
"If the AL and Sheikh Hasina get back power, the BNP and nobody of the interim government will be spared."
Mr Rizvi said this during a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan headquarters in the capital the same day.
He accused some advisers of doing some controversial acts that were totally against the core spirit of the government.
"The looters of the public money are yet to be captured, and they are using that money to destabilise the interim government," asserted Mr Rizvi.
He called upon the chief adviser, Dr Muhammad Yunus, to induct individuals into the council of advisers after rigorous scrutiny with intent to avoid any controversy.
In the end, Mr Rizvi alleged that some Awami League leaders were hatching conspiracy from jail to destabilise the country.
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