'Difficult times ahead for BNP'

BNP acting chairman
Tarique Rahman today said that difficult times are ahead for the party, adding
that just as the previous fascist government spread propaganda against BNP,
certain individuals and groups are doing the same at present.
"Two of those
individuals were with us in the previous [BNP-Jamaat] government… Their
decision to stay with the BNP government proved they had full confidence in
Khaleda Zia," he said.
Tarique made the
remarks at an event held at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB)
auditorium in Dhaka's Farmgate.
Tarique said he had
recently heard some individuals and groups saying -- in various places and on
social media -- that they had seen this party and that party, and now people
should look at someone else.
"… People of this
country already saw them in 1971. In 1971, to protect their own interests, they
killed lakhs of people. Before the fascist [government] fled, they too killed
thousands in an attempt to cling to power," he said.
Tarique also said that
he had heard some individuals from a political party were going around
"selling tickets".
"They are giving
confirmations for various things... Everything in this world and the next
belongs to Allah... From my understanding, saying these things [granting such
confirmations] amounts to 'shirk'," he said.
Addressing Chatra Dal
leaders and activists, he said, "You must go door to door and tell people
that those who make such claims are committing 'shirk'."
Tarique said that
various forms of conspiracies were unfolding. He said, only the people of Bangladesh
can resist these conspiracies, and BNP, together with the public, has the
ability to confront them.
"The only way to
stop these conspiracies is democracy. If we can establish the people's mandate
at any cost, we will be able to prevent many conspiracies," he said.
"But even if we
succeed in stopping them, difficult days are ahead," he added.
















