BNP senior leader Nazrul Islam Khan on Monday urged the party leaders and activists to focus on earning the trust and support of the people to win the upcoming national election.
“We want to send a clear message to all that the days of victories through deception are over. Now, there’s no scope to win the polls without competition, with dummy candidates, or by holding the voting at night. We’ve changed this by sacrificing lives and carrying out struggles year after year,” he told a workshop in Mymensingh city.
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The BNP's central training committee organised the workshop on the party's 31-point state reform proposal at the Tarique Smriti Auditorium.
Nazrul, a BNP Standing Committee member, said that the upcoming elections will be held in a free and fair manner, where voters will be able to exercise their right to vote without fear or obstruction. “We must win that election by convincing the people and winning their hearts.”
The BNP leader said their party does not want to deceive the people with false promises or unrealistic messages. "That’s why we have prepared some outlines, recognising the hopes and aspirations of the people of the country. We’ve developed our plans so that the people can understand that we are committed to changing their fate and improving their living standards," he said.
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Nazrul said that the 31-point outline was also crafted to give the people a clear idea of what the party intends to do if it returns to power.
He said the reform outline was formulated in consultation with all left-wing, right-wing, and democratic parties--who stood with the BNP in waging a simultaneous movement--and in line with the party founder Ziaur Rahman’s 19-point programme, Khaleda Zia’s Vision-2030, and Tarique Rahman’s 27-point proposal.
The BNP leader explained that they are presenting the 31-point outline to their leaders and activists first, so that they can fully understand its core messages and convey them effectively to the people. "If our leaders and activists send the wrong message and confuse the people, we will fail to gain public support," he warned.