BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that the country’s political and economic future hinges on the upcoming national election, arguing that an early vote would expedite the resolution of the current crisis.
“Democracy has no alternative—democracy is the alternative to democracy,” he told an extended meeting of Thakurgaon Sadar Upazila and Ruhia Thana BNP at the District Shilpakala Academy auditorium on Tuesday (October 14).
He urged party activists to “step carefully” in the coming months so as not to “fall into the trap of fascists,” adding, “We do not want to see fascism again.”
Reflecting on recent upheavals, Mirza Fakhrul said democracy had been restored through a student-led mass uprising after a period of “oppressive misrule.” Many activists, he noted, had faced repression and jail on “false charges,” but now “we can breathe freely and our leaders and workers can sleep peacefully at night.”
He expressed gratitude to those who joined the movement.
District BNP President Mirza Foisal Amin, General Secretary Poigam Ali, Sadar unit President Abdul Hamid, and General Secretary Mahbub Hossain Tuhin were among the leaders present at the meeting.
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