Ziaur Rahman first started reforms in Bangladesh: Mirza Fakhrul

 
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said that former president Ziaur Rahman was the first person to carry out reforms in a war-torn Bangladesh.

He said this at the launching of a book titled 'Rajbandir Jabanbandi' (Declaration of a Political Prisoner) written on the false cases filed against Khaleda Zia at the BNP Chairperson's office in capital's Gulshan on Thursday (January 9).

Mirza Fakhrul said, "We started the reform. Late President Ziaur Rahman was the first to carry out the fundamental reform of the country. He brought a multi-party democratic system from a one-party regime."

"Even after the fascist Sheikh Hasina fled, no one can maintain trust in anyone. We cannot maintain the space of unity," he said.

The BNP secretary general said: "State leader Khaleda Zia went to London for treatment after being released and went with state honors. Lakhs of people bid farewell along the way and the respect she has received internationally. We did not have to face any obstacles anywhere. Wherever we said we needed this visa, it was granted immediately."

Addressing the leaders and activists, he said that after August 5, Khaleda Zia had said on August 7 that we must be patient, and no one should be vengeful. We must hold onto these issues.

Fakhrul said: "I don't understand, some people have become desperate. They will divide the country and the people. They are saying all kinds of things, making all kinds of incitements. Please don't get involved in this."