Sheikh Hasina must go: Fakhrul

Addressing a BNP rally in Khulna, the party's general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said there is still time to move safely, otherwise you (Awami League government) will not find a way to escape. If the election is held under a caretaker government, there will be no sign of Awami League.

He said this while speaking as the chief guest at BNP's rally in Khulna. As part of the party’s planned divisional programmes, Khulna city unit BNP arranged the rally on the Sonali Bank premises in the city. The rally spread to a radius of two km.

Mirza Fakhrul claimed that Awami League is against the caretaker government system as the party knows it will not even get 10 seats if the next national election is held under such an administration.

Speaking at the rally in Khulna city, Fakhrul also claimed that the government is trying to hold another election as done in 2014 and 2018 — to cling to power without people’s votes.

“People won’t accept any other system except the caretaker government (to oversee the next polls). Why don’t you want to accept this? Because you know that you won’t have any existence and you won’t even get 10 seats if the election is held under a caretaker government,” Fakhrul said.

He said it was Awami League that enforced hartal for 173 days for the introduction of the caretaker government, but the party itself annulled the system after assuming office to cling to power.

The BNP leader said no fair and credible election can be held without a caretaker government. “That’s why Sheikh Hasina must go. This regime has destroyed all the achievements of the country.”

He also said BNP has no alternative to continuing the movement to establish a government of the people by ousting the ‘authoritarian’ regime.