Defeated fascists are out to create unrest: Mirza Fakhrul

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Thursday said the defeated fascist forces are making evil attempts to create unrest in the country under an orchestrated plan.  

The defeated fascist forces are trying to create a dangerous situation in an attempt to divert the victory of mass upsurge to a different direction,” he said.

Mirza Fakhrul was addressing a views exchange meeting titled “Role of writers and artistes in rebuilding the state” organized by Jatiya Kabita Parishad at the seminar room of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) here.

Fakhrul Islam said building a democratic Bangladesh is undoubtedly a complex work and writers and artists have an important role to play to rebuild the state on the basis of national unity.

The BNP secretary general opined that the state can’t be rebuilt without freedom of expression, urging writers and artistes to remain vigilant in this regard so that fascism doesn’t appear again.

He underscored the need for united efforts of all to resist the fascism.

Mirza Fakhrul urged the youths to extend cooperation to the interim government in performing its works properly.

Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) President Mujahidul Islam Selim, JPC President poet Hasan Hafiz, writer and journalist Abu Sayeed Khan, journalist and poet Sohrab Hasan, writer and researcher Salimullah Khan, writer and journalist Mahbub Morshed, also Managing Director and Chief Editor of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), Nagorik Oikya Convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, Biplabi Workers Party general secretary Saiful Haque, former BNP lawmaker Nurul Islam Moni, Chief Coordinator of Ganosanhati Andolan Zonayed Saki, editor, poet Shawkat Hossain and Jatiya Kabita Parishad Member Secretary poet Rezauddin Stalin spoke, among others, on the occasion.

Jatiya Kabita Parishad convener Poet Mohon Raihan conducted the event.