People’s economic, political rights should be ensured: Tarique Rahman

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has said that the people’s economic and political rights should be ensured side by side with making all reforms for changing their fortune.

“Bangladesh is a potential country. Only achieving political emancipation will not be enough. To get its benefits, ways for achieving people’s economic emancipation should be showed,” he said while addressing a memorial meeting virtually as the chief guest at Enayetpur Islamia High School ground in Sirajganj.

Tarique Rahman joined the meeting virtually from London. A large number of people joined the memorial meeting defying inclement weather.

Noting that the people had no freedom of speech till some days ago, the BNP acting chairman said the people achieved this right through their sacrifice. “But we achieved partial success. BNP will continue its movement until people’s voting right is ensured,” he said.

Paying tributes to valiant martyrs of the students-people movement in 2024, Tarique Rahman said, “Though autocrat Hasina fled the country, ghosts of autocrat still persist in the country. Administration should be restructured after removing the ghosts of autocrat from there.”

The 2024 mass uprising was a struggle for restoring the people’s voting rights, he added.

“We have been able to free the country from autocracy. We have achieved our target a little bit. We have long way to go to establish the people’s voting rights,” he said.