Staff Reporter :
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday vowed to curb power abuse and autocratic activities if his party get people mandate again to run the state.
“If the BNP returns to power, we will build Bangladesh in such a way so that no one, not even the Prime Minister, can abuse power or emerge as an autocrat,” Tarique Rahman said while speaking virtually at a seminar from London.
The BNP leader also said their party will transform the country into a democratic and humane nation, ensuring people’s basic human rights, freedom of expression and press freedom.
“We want to ensure, and will do our utmost, so that no person, not even the Prime Minister, will be able to abuse power and become a dictator in future Bangladesh,” the BNP leader said.
Tarique also expressed the BNP’s vision of a Bangladesh where no one could infringe upon the rights and freedoms of any citizen.
“We all want a safe and secure Bangladesh where people’s aspirations are reflected, and where an elected and accountable government ensures people’s ownership and participation.”
During Sheikh Hasina’s fascism, the BNP leader said, the nation had witnessed the so-called politics of development, which was primarily based on corruption, misrule, and criminalisation.