BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has extended his greetings to the people of Bangladesh and the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
In a statement issued on the party’s letterhead on Sunday, he said, "On the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, I extend my heartfelt greetings, congratulations and Eid Mubarak to the people of Bangladesh and the entire Muslim Ummah around the world."
The BNP leader prayed to Allah for the happiness, peace, progress and prosperity of Bangladesh and the Muslim Ummah worldwide.
He said this Eid carries a new level of excitement and enthusiasm following the fall of fascism through a bloody mass uprising.
"But, during such a time of pure joy and celebration, many mothers find no happiness in their hearts, while many families do not feel the joy of the festival. This is because, due to the prolonged fascist rule of over one and a half decades, millions of families have been pushed into an era of darkness as they lost their loved ones to enforced disappearances, killings, abductions, and torture, and were enveloped in the darkness of ignorance and barbarism," Tarique said.
He highlighted the atrocities committed during the final days of the tyrannical regime in July and August. “During these months, thousands of people from various walks of life lost their lives. Students, youth, farmers, workers, political activists, and even innocent pedestrians, including women, children, and the elderly, were not spared from the bullets of fascists. More than 20,000 people were also injured.”
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The BNP leader lamented that the families of the martyrs and the injured from the anti-fascist mass uprising do not experience the boundless joy of Eid celebrations. “Even on Eid day, there may be tears in the eyes of mothers who have lost their children. In this joyful time, there is the silent cry of losing loved ones in the hearts of many families.”
Due to the brutality of the mafia syndicates, he said many are spending this Eid day in hospitals, by the side of their injured loved ones, facing despair and hopelessness instead of celebrating the festivities.
Tarique emphasised that Eid-ul-Fitr conveys an important message to humanity through its pure celebration of joy: "For all, we are for all."
He said this message transcends mental ugliness, injustice, oppression, and cruel social inequality, inspiring a deep sense of brotherhood. "Inspired by this message, it is our duty as Muslims to extend a hand of help and sympathy to the relatively poorer, neglected, and deprived members of society."
The BNP leader also demanded the trial of the deposed Awami autocrats who destroyed the joy of people's Eid celebrations, snatched beloved children from mothers by force, and made countless children fatherless and motherless in this country.
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"By putting the fugitive autocrats and their accomplices on trial, we will establish the rule of law and justice in the country and bring a message of comfort to the mothers who have lost their children and to the grieving families who have lost their loved ones. Let this be our commitment this Eid."
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir also extended Eid greetings and congratulations to the nation.