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Stressing the importance of quick completion of state reforms, BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday said that people have the right to know the intention of the current interim government about it, including the timeline and duration required for the reforms. “People have the right to know what the current interim government intends to do and how many months or time they need to reform the state,” he said while virtually addressing a discussion.
The BNP leader said that if the government announces its future action plan and roadmap, it would ensure transparency on one hand and accountability to the people on the other, and it would boost the pace of the administration's activities.
He, however, said if the advisers' expressions reveal signs of unease after hearing the interim government's roadmap, it would certainly go against the aspirations of the people. "The more transparent the government is with people through its activities, the more support people will extend to it," Tarique mentioned.
BNP organised the discussion at the Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh, to mark Great Victory Day.
The nation is set to celebrate the 54th Victory Day on Monday with festivities, paying tribute to martyrs and freedom fighters of the Liberation War.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the Awami League had destroyed the dreams of the Liberation War shortly after independence, through misrule, repressive acts, and by dismantling democracy and stripping people of their rights.
He said BNP founder Ziaur Rahman was the first to initiate reforms in the country, introducing multiparty democracy and a free-market economy. Fakhrul said Zia also brought reforms to the agriculture, education, and industrial sectors, strengthening the country's economy.
Later, he said that the BNP had carried out various essential reforms in Bangladesh under the leadership of Khaleda Zia. "We also presented the 31-point proposals for state reform when no one even thought about it. Yet, it’s unfortunate that now we are being lectured about reforms.”
Fakhrul said an acceptable election must be held promptly to pave the way for implementing the 31-point reforms.
BNP Standing Committee members AZM Zahid Hossain, Salahuddin Ahmed, Selima Rahman, Nazrul Islam Khan, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, and Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, among others, spoke at the programme.
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