Khaleda's Birthday Celebration
BNP won't make mistake this year
Hopes Suranjit
The opposition BNP will not make yet another mistake by celebrating the party chairperson's birthday on the National Mourning Day, as politics is not devoid of humanity, minister without portfolio Suranjit Sengupta hoped yesterday.
“The people, who indulge in amusement on mourning day, violate human rights and are devoid of human qualities,” he told a discussion organised by Bangabandhu Shangskritik Jote at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
The discussion was titled "Celebrating false birthday targeting the National Mourning Day is equal to encouraging the killers of '71 and '75". The programme marked the 37th death anniversary of Banganbandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, which falls on August 15.
The theme of this year's national mourning day should be tolerance to each other among the political parties, as tolerance is vital for democracy and politics, said the senior AL leader.
He also thanked BNP and its leader Moudud Ahmed for their initiative to discuss the framework of "an interim government".
A government without political party cannot be neutral, he said, adding that a government with representation from all political parties could a neutral and fair one, and transparent election could be held under it.
Surnajit hoped BNP and AL would talk to remove uncertainty about how to hold the next election.
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