A disturbing image of inner strife surfaces just 3 months after Aug revolution: Fakhrul
“With such division, no success can ever be achieved, no matter how grand the rhetoric or how long the speech is. If there is discord within our own home, we will never be able to resolve it,” he said
Expressing deep concern over recent violence in Dhaka and Chattogram, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that a disturbing and dark image of internal conflict has begun to surface just three months after the 5 August regime change through a revolution.
"With such division, no success can ever be achieved, no matter how grand the rhetoric or how long the speech is. If there is discord within our own home, we will never be able to resolve it," he said while addressing a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club today (27 November).
"The people of Bangladesh have fought for democracy for 15 long years, enduring persecution. They achieved victory on 5 August through immense bloodshed. But is this the Bangladesh they fought for? Less than three months have passed, and now there is fighting in the streets again. We are shedding each other's blood, and newspaper offices are being attacked," Fakhrul said.
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Doctors Association of Bangladesh (DAB) organised the event to mark Shaheed Dr Milon Day, commemorating the 34th martyrdom anniversary of Dr Shamsul Alam Khan Milon, who was killed during the 1990s anti-autocratic movement.
The BNP leader said "evil efforts" are being carried out by certain individuals who, he said, are attempting to lead the nation into division and darkness by inciting division through social media, reports UNB.
"We are deeply worried over some of the events that have been unfolding in the last few days. Just imagine the madness stirred up around the issue of religion," he said.
Fakhrul wondered how, despite the long-standing struggle of the BNP and other democratic parties for press freedom, media outlets such as the Prothom Alo and The Daily Star are now coming under attack.
"It is unfortunate that some people, who consider themselves the most popular and patriotic, are inciting division within the nation and pushing it towards darkness," he said.
Without naming anyone directly, Fakhrul questioned whether those responsible for such activities are true friends or enemies of Bangladesh.
