BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the party is committed to ensuring both political reforms and economic progress if it earns the people's mandate to govern again.
"If BNP gets the responsibility of running the state with support from people, then undoubtedly, under the leadership of our leader and Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, BNP will bring about political changes in Bangladesh on the one hand and economic growth on the other. Bangladesh will surely move forward further," he said.
Mirza Fakhrul Islam said this while talking to reporters after paying homage to BNP founder and Martyred President Ziaur Rahman by placing wreaths at his grave in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, marking the party's 47th founding anniversary day.
Senior BNP leaders accompanied him in offering prayers and Fateha at the grave of Ziaur Rahman, who founded the BNP on September 1, 1978.
About reforms, the BNP Secretary General said his party has fully supported the recommendations made by the reform commissions (formed by the interim government). And with the BNP's 31-point programme, his party has taken steps to bring about a radical transformation in Bangladesh's politics, he added.
"The challenge before us is to provide all-out cooperation and assistance to ensure that the election, announced to be held in February 2026, takes place in a fair manner," he said.
Fakhrul recalled BNP's struggles for democracy over the years.
"BNP fought long and hard to restore democracy time and again in the country. Repeated attempts were made to destroy the party, but BNP, like a phoenix bird, has risen again, inspired by the ideals of Ziaur Rahman and Khaleda Zia," he said.
He said false cases were filed against some 6 million BNP men in the last 15 years, while around 20,000 BNP men were killed, and 1700 BNP leaders and activists were forcibly disappeared and killed.
Mentioning that a ruthless fascism was established, he claimed the sole aim of this fascism is to annihilate the BNP.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said it was by the grace of Allah and through the struggles of the people and students that the nation has been able to break free from what he described as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 'fascist rule'.
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