BNP Standing Committee Member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday said their party believes in multiparty democracy and not in the politics of revenge.
“We would like to clearly say that the BNP is a liberal political party. We practise politics with all and do not believe in the politics of revenge,” he said while talking to reporters after paying homage to BNP founder and former President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.
Replying to a question about the Awami League reopening offices in different places and alleged ‘perpetrators of genocide’ returning to the country, the BNP leader said their party believes in multiparty democracy and the rule of law.
“BNP has always worked in favour of independence. On the dark night of 1971, when the Pakistani occupation forces attacked innocent people of this country, Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman raised the flag of protest. We believe in that ideal. We believe in multiparty democracy and parliamentary democracy, and we will move forward with that belief,” he said.
Dr Moyeen, also a former minister, said the BNP does not believe in one-party rule. “The one-party Baksal system that was imposed on Bangladesh like a heavy stone is not our ideology. We believe in the power of the people. We believe in the rule of law.”
He said democracy in Bangladesh was restored repeatedly through different movements and struggles.
The BNP leader said the student-led mass uprising on August 5, 2024 paved the way for the restoration of democracy once again in Bangladesh. “We will protect this democracy and the country’s independence.”
