Accusing India of trying to destabilise the interim government, BNP senior leader Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Friday said no country would succeed in hatching a conspiracy against the 18 crore united people of Bangladesh.
“What are India and some Hindu community members here now creating a kind of problem and defaming us all over the world, denting our image? Their only goal is to create chaos here and try to make this government fail,” he told a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club.
Pro-BNP student leaders of Ducsu and the All Party Students Unity (Apsu) of the 90s arranged the programme, marking the Fall of Autocracy Day.
On December 6, 1990, military dictator HM Ershad stepped down in the face of a mass upsurge and handed power over to a caretaker government, ending his nine years of autocratic rule which began with his coup on March 24, 1982.
Mosharraf, a BNP Standing Committee member, said various conspiracies are being hatched over minor issues.
“Have the Hindu community only been living in Bangladesh for three months? They have been living here in great harmony since independence,” he said.
The BNP leader called upon all, regardless of religion or caste, to confront all conspiracies.
“Our leader Ziaur Rahman solved this problem by saying that there is no such thing as Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, and Muslim here. Everyone is a citizen of Bangladesh and Bangladeshi. So, why should we create such a division here and tolerate this?” he said.
The BNP leader said the people of Bangladesh have repeatedly changed the government through mass uprisings. “So there is no scope to undermine the people of this country. The people will decide what their government will be and how they will run the country.”
He said the country’s people, regardless of all religions, must unite to maintain peace and move towards the development of the country.
“If our 18 crore people here are united, then no matter what country they are in, they will not be able to succeed in any conspiracy against us,” the BNP leader said.
He said the current government is committed to carrying out reforms as the previous government ruined all the state institutions.
Mosharraf urged the government to give priority to a prompt reform of the election system and come up with an election roadmap.
He said those who are conspiring against Bangladesh after the revolution of the students and the people are showing their audacity.
The BNP leader said the Awami fascists, who were forced to resign in the face of the joint movement of the students, the people, and political parties of this country, took shelter in India illegally.
“They’re conspiring from there (India). You can all feel the efforts they are making to create division among us,” Mosharraf said.
In such a situation, he said all democratic forces should stand by the interim government for the sake of the country and its people.
“BNP has been supporting this interim government… This government must hold an acceptable election to hand power over to the people,” the BNP leader said.
