‘People’s love needed to win polls’

This time election is not the election of the Awami era, it will be a completely neutral, said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday.

”We have to earn the love of the people to win this election.”

While speaking at the opening session of the fifth day of BNP’s ‘Plan to Build the Country’ workshop, Fakhrul said the party wants to move forward with a progressive vision to take Bangladesh ahead. ”We want to move ahead. We want progress. To place Bangladesh in a position of dignity, we want to carry forward our leader’s thoughts and plans.”

The BNP leader called on his colleagues to be ready to give Tarique a grand reception on the day he returns home, ending his 17 years of exile in London.

”The day our leader arrives and sets foot in Bangladesh, the whole country should shake. You must remember this… You will be able to do it, InshaAllah. On that day, we want to change the face of the entire country,” he said.

The election schedule will be announced today, opening the way for the people to establish new leadership for Bangladesh through a fresh election. ”We now have the chance to work with the people to form a truly representative parliament — a parliament that will lead Bangladesh towards a new horizon, under the leadership of our leader Tarique Rahman.”