Destiny’s Rafiqul Amin floats new political party

A new political party, ‘Bangladesh A-AM Janata Party (BAJP),’ has emerged with a pledge to establish the rule of law, protect citizens’ rights, and ensure full freedom of the media and expression.

Mohammad Rafiqul Amin, the Managing Director (MD) of the controversial MLM company Destiny Group, and Fatima Tasnim have been made Convener and Member Secretary of the newly floated political party respectively.

The party’s manifesto was unveiled at a press conference held at Sheraton Hotel in Dhaka on Thursday (April 17).

A 297-member convening committee of the party was also announced at the event.

The party’s convener Rafiqul Amin read out the declaration.

While reading out the declaration, Rafiqul Amin stated, “Even after 54 years of independence, the people of this country are still struggling against deprivation and discrimination. Therefore, the people must unite to remove autocratic rule. The Bangladesh A-AM Janata Party aims to play a leading role in ensuring the implementation of fundamental human rights and establishing political rights.”

He added that the party, imbued with patriotism, sets a plan to implement several timely initiatives, including promoting good governance, creating employment opportunities, adopting a balanced foreign policy, building a non-communal society, digitising government offices and courts, and discouraging political activities within educational institutions and offices.

In her speech, Member Secretary Fatima Tasnim said, “If there is no political awareness, an autocratic government will arise in the country again. We have ousted the autocratic Awami League from power. We will not allow anyone to become autocratic in the future either.”

Individuals from various professional, political, social, and cultural backgrounds were present at the event.