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The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan asked not to malign his party with the fallen fascist Awami League party.
Instead, if elected, BNP will work for the welfare of the people if it gets elected to run the country, he said.
“Don’t spread such a false narrative against the BNP that it will become a dictatorship. As many as 105 false cases were filed against the BNP Secretary General in the last 15 years. There has not been an incident of BNP filing a case against Hasina or its General Secretary during BNP rule,” he continued.
Urging not to propagate that BNP and Awami League are two sides of a coin, he said, “Awami League is a fascist party; BNP is not.”
He said this at a seminar organised by the School of Leadership (SOLE) styled “Socially Responsible Leadership & Good Governance in Bangladesh” held at the CIRDAP auditorium in the city.
The seminar was chaired by SOLE Bangladesh Branch President Prof. MM Shariful Karim, and Abdul Moyeen Khan was the chief guest.
Prof. Aliar Hossain, a geo-political & leadership expert from Northumbria University, London, presented the keynote with a research paper. Academics, researchers, business leaders and senior political leaders also participated.
“Many people say that if the BNP comes to power, it would become a dictatorship. I am shocked by such words. BNP has been running the country for a long time as a government. There were mistakes, but BNP has never played the role of a dictator,” he said.
During the 15 years of BNP ruling the country, the opposition parties had not been filed with any illegal cases to suppress opinions or used the law enforcers.
Khan also said not everyone is going to agree on everything. When we forget about diversity and try to achieve unity based on this, the dictatorship is born.
Jahangirnagar University Vice Chancellor Prof. Mohammad Kamrul Ahsan said the students have repeatedly sacrificed their lives to bring the country on the right path. But we, the guardians, have repeatedly failed. The students have sacrificed their lives in all the movements of 1971, 90, 24.
“But after the revolution, we have failed to maintain our consciousness. I am disappointed with the current situation. How much blood will the students give?' he questioned.
Gana Sanghati Andolan chief coordinator Junaid Saki, AB Party General Secretary Asaduzzaman Fuad, Bobby Hajjaj, Founder & Chairman of the Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM) Hasan Hafiz, president of the Jatiya Press Club, and Mahdi Amin, adviser to BNP acting chairperson Tarique Rahman, also spoke at the event.
SOLE USA founding chairman Golam Rabbani delivered the welcome speech at the seminar demanding political reforms.