BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the government will be entirely responsible if anything beyond the consensus on some reforms is imposed by force.

“Regarding some reforms, we have reached a consensus, but if anything is forcibly imposed beyond that, the government alone will have to take full responsibility," he told a meeting at Kismat Keshur Bari Laxmirhat High School ground in Borgaon Union of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.

About the election, he warned that Bangladesh will turn into a ‘failed state’ if the upcoming national election is postponed.

He criticised a particular political party for spreading distorted religious messages to women at the grassroots level and urged people to stay cautious about those who act ‘hypocritically’.

The BNP leader pledged that if his party is reelected one million jobs would be created within 15 months.

He also emphasised the party’s commitment to making the judiciary fully independent.

On education sector reforms, he said the scrapping of physical education and music teachers’ posts from schools is not right and it creates a gap in the education system.

The meeting, presided over by Borgaon Union BNP President Dr Ahmad Ali, was attended by District BNP President Mirza Faisal Amin, General Secretary Md Poigam Ali, Sadar Upazila BNP President Abdul Hamid, and several other district and upazila-level leaders.