BNP acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday called upon the people to come forward to eliminate the old game of playing ’minority card’ in a bid to uphold religious harmony in the country, UNB reports.
“Many games have been played with the religious minority card both within the country and abroad,” he said during a virtual meeting with BNP's grassroots leaders and workers from the Chattogram and Barishal divisions.
Tarique said everyone knows who has long been repeatedly tried to gain political advantage by exploiting a sensitive issue like the minority-majority divide and creating fictitious stories of persecution to conceal their misdeeds and destabilize the country.
“This old game of destroying communal harmony will not be allowed to be repeated in this country. Let’s either bury them (efforts to play minority card) or burn them in pyres,” he said.
The followers of one religion have traditionally protected the places of worship of another religion from the hands of the conspirators who try to destroy religious harmony in this country for ages. They have proved time and again that there is nothing called ‘minority’ or ‘majority’ in this country.
“We all have one and the same identity that we all are Bangladeshis,” said the BNP acting chairman.
Talking about the current situation of Bangladesh, Tarique Rahman said the victory is still far away and the road to success is very long.
“We were in the opposition party for the last 17 years and we are still. Now it is not the time for complacency,” he said.
BNP Standing Committee members Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed and Begum Selima Rahman also spoke at the rally.
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