BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said, Begum Khaleda Zia is counting her hard times confined in an abandoned jail. She has been confined without doing any fault over a false case. The future of democracy of the country will be destroyed if participatory election is not ensured.
He said these at an iftar program organized in honor to the diplomats at a hotel in the capital on Sunday. The party Secretary General welcomed the diplomats in the iftar mahfil in absence of party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia who earlier hosted the program every year.
He said, I am sure that today you are realizing the absence of Begum Khaleda Zia. She is passing hard times confined in the jail. She is being deprived of justice continuously.
Mirza Fakhrul said, we are sharing the current situation with our foreign friends in this era of globalization. But our struggle should be brought forward by ourselves.
Sixteen High Commissioner and Ambassadors, including Dean of Diplomatic Corps Ambassador of Vatican to Bangladesh Archbishop George Kocherry, Chines Ambassador Zhang Zuo, Indian High Commissioner Harsha Bardhan Shringla, Canadian High Commissioner Benoit Préfontaine, Australian High Commissioner Julia Niblett, and Netherlands’ Ambassador Leoni Margaretha Cuelenaere, were present.
Besides, envoys from the USA, the UK, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Norway, Pakistan, Denmark, Sweden, Vietnam, France, the Maldives, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, the EU and some other countries and international organizations attended the program.
Apart from Fakhrul, BNP senior leaders Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, Moudud Ahmed, Jamiruddin Sircar, Mahbubur Rahman, Mirza Abbas, Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, Nazrul Islam Khan, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Abdullah Al Noman, Hafizuddin Ahed, Abdul Awal Mintoo, Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, Mir Mohammad Nasir, Selima Rahman, Reaz Rahman and Sabihuddin Ahmed were, among others, present.
A special munajat was offered before the iftar seeking progress and prosperity of the country along with release of Khaleda Zia from jail and recovery of BNP Acting Chairperson Tarique Rahman.
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