Support BNP for development

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said that voters must support his party if they want development.

Speaking at an election rally at Sholtohori Bazar in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila in the afternoon, Fakhrul said BNP had governed in the past and had experience in delivering development. 

“If we want development in this area, you must support us. Development is not possible without the BNP,” he added.

Addressing members of the Hindu community, he pledged that BNP would ensure no one faces injustice or oppression and that temples would be protected from vandalism.

“Just as Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists and Christians have together built our society and our nation in the past, we want to move the country forward in the same spirit,” he said.

He noted that people had been deprived of voting rights over the past 15 years. “Now an opportunity has come,” he added.

Referring to ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Fakhrul said, “Hasina has gone to India. It is good that she has gone there. But she has left her supporters and activists here in trouble. We will take care of you. You will not be in danger. We are with you.”

He said that those responsible for wrongdoing would be punished, while those not involved would not be targeted.

At 78, Fakhrul said he remains young at heart and capable of solving local problems if given the chance. He recalled contesting elections in the constituency since 1991, sometimes winning and sometimes losing, but “Even when I lost, I never abandoned you.”

Later in the day, he also attended several meetings in the Debipur union of Sadar upazila.