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BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday said people do not believe the Awami League’s propaganda aimed at painting BNP as an anti-Hindu party, reports UNB.
He saidm “Awami League are marketing it in our neighbouring country India, where the majority population is Hindu. They carry out false propaganda that BNP is an anti-Hindu organisation in Bangladesh."
Speaking at the Representatives Conference of Bangladesh Hindu-Buddhist-Christian Oikya Front at BNP party chairperson's Gulshan office, Fakhrul also asked the audience whether they believe BNP is an anti-Hindu party and they replied in the negative.
He said democracy is mandatory for protecting the safety and rights of minority communities.
So, we have to win the struggle for democracy. There is no alternative to it.”
He said the ruling Awami League used to say they are the most non-communal party in the country.
Mirza Fakhrul also alleged that Awami League leaders and activists were involved in the attacks on temples and vandalism of idols in different part of the country and the arson attacks on Buddhist monasteries and communities in Ramu, Cox's Bazar, during the current government's tenure.
He said the ruling party men attacked the Hindus and other minority communities to grab their land and property by driving them away from the country.
The senior leader of the party highlighted the security measures taken for the Hindu community in Bangladesh by the then BNP government, during the attack on Babri Masjid in India in 1992.
He urged people from all walks of life to get united to restore democracy and voting all other lost rights.
He said many people belonging to minority communities have been made accused in cases filed under the draconian Digital Security Act.
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