BNP to respond to oppression by fulfilling 31-point agenda: Tarique

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman said his party will not respond to oppression in the same way it has been treated over the past 16 years.

"We will not become despicable because they were despicable. We will respond by fulfilling our 31-point agenda," he said during a video conference at a public rally in Nilphamari on Monday.

Tarique condemned the destruction of BNP leaders' properties and the killings of several party members, including Golam Rabbani, at the hands of the Sheikh Hasina-led regime.

He also noted that more than 500 BNP activists were killed during the July-August movement but emphasised that the party would not resort to similar methods of retaliation.

“Amra BNP Paribar”, organised the public rally to hand over a new home to the family of Golam Rabbani, who was killed in a ”crossfire" during a RAB operation on Jan 18, 2014.

Atikur Rahman, convener of "Amra BNP Paribar,"presided over the programme.