Initiatives must be taken to bring political parties to people’s court: Tarique

BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that a specific roadmap for the national election must be announced. Initiatives must be taken to bring political parties to the people's court. The current interim government must take the initiatives. If a government is formed through an election and the government is accountable to the people, the country's independence and sovereignty will be consolidated.

Tarique Rahman said this while virtually addressing the programme held at the National Press Club in Dhaka on Friday, marking the founding anniversary of the Amar Bangladesh (AB) Party.

He also urged the government to ensure accountability of the country’s all political parties by holding a free, fair and credible national election before the local body polls.

It is the government’s responsibility to force the political parties to face the people’s verdict through an inclusive national election, he said.

He further said, “Without taking action against the fugitive autocrat, those who speak of local government elections before the national elections should know this—I want to say to them that with hundreds of crores of looted and corrupt money, the accomplices of the fugitive autocrat across the country are simply waiting for the opportunity to be rehabilitated.”

The event was presided over by AB Party Chairman Mojibur Rahman Monju. Other speakers included Mustafa Jamal Haider, Chairman of Jatiya Party (Zafar faction); Mahmudur Rahman Manna, President of Nagorik Oikya; Nahid Islam, Convener of National Citizens Party (NCP); Saiful Haque, General Secretary of the Revolutionary Workers Party; Zonayed Saki, Chief Coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon; Dr. Dilary Chowdhury, noted political scientist; Maulana Mamunul Haque, Ameer of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis; Nurul Haque Nur, President of Gono Adhikar Parishad; Ahmad Abdul Quader, Secretary General of Khelafat Majlis; and AB Party General Secretary Asaduzzaman Fuad.