End reforms, arrange national election: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has urged the government to end reforms early as possible and hold the national election. 

The BNP secretary general made the call while addressing a rally in Lakshan upazila of Cumilla on Thursday.

BNP organised the rally held at Laksam Stadium as part of its initiative to implement the party’s 31-point state reform agenda.

“We want to see a stable Bangladesh. There is no alternative but to hold an election for the country’s overall peace and stability”, he said.

Criticising the Awami League, he further stated that the Awami League had undermined the integrity of the electoral system over the past 15 years.

The defeated Awami League disappeared around 7000 leaders and activists of BNP and it has introduced acts of enforced disappearance by kidnapping two famous BNP leaders from Cumilla, alleged Fakhrul.

Presided over by BNP Central Industrial Affairs Secretary Abul Kalam, the rally was addressed, among others, by Vice Chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu, Chairperson’s Adviser Monirul Haque Chowdhury, former Organising Secretary and ex-MP Colonel (Retd.) M Anwarul Azim.