BNP senior leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has vowed to ensure due respect for those killed during the July-August Uprising, should his party be elected to power.

He emphasised gratitude towards the martyrs and injured participants of the student movement, proposing that their sacrifices be commemorated by naming roads and structures after them to preserve their legacy.

He said this while speaking as the chief guest at a programme organised by 'Amra BNP Paribar', an organisation that works within the party to look after the wellbeing of the families of activists. On Monday it was in Manikganj's Shibalaya to provide financial assistance to the families of those killed in police firing during the mass movement.

Rizvi accuses India of misleading world about Bangladesh

He said, "If you dig a hole for others, you yourself will fall into that hole, proof of which is the 'fascist' Sheikh Hasina. She herself fell into the hole while trying to establish the BAKSAL built by her father."

He further stated that Sheikh Hasina had kept the national leader Begum Khaleda Zia in prison without any crime. She fled the country, taking responsibility for the killing of 2,000 students in the face of the mass movement of students and the public. She believed that her master, the Indian government, would help her remain in power, but it could not, added Rizvi.

The BNP leader also remarked that Sheikh Hasina used to criticize Tarique Rahman for giving video messages. Today, Sheikh Hasina herself is continuing her mischief through video messages on Facebook and YouTube. "Where has her bravery gone?" he questioned.