Bangladesh unrest: BNP claims there is a plot to sabotage the next national election
Bangladesh unrest: According to BD News, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) asserts that the latest disturbances, which include assaults on newspaper offices and other enterprises, are part of a plot to undermine the next national election, which is set for February 2026.
These “heinous attacks” are intended to sabotage the election and the democratic transition process, according to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Following the shooting killing of Sharif Osman Hadi, a youth leader and election candidate, by masked attackers, the violence broke out. Following, there were demonstrations and assaults directed against media organizations, such as Prothom Alo and The Daily Star, which were accused of being pro-government or pro-India.
Following the announcement of the murder of Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, the convener of Inqilab Manch, there were additional demonstrations and outrage directed against Chhayanaut, Udichi, and the Indian High Commission in Khulna.
At a news conference after Friday night’s meeting of the BNP’s national standing committee, Alamgir conveyed the party’s response. The BNP is accusing the government of attempting to incite fear and unrest in order to postpone or interfere with the votes. In order to prevent this plot and guarantee a peaceful election, they have called on all patriotic forces to band together.
“We vehemently denounce these horrible events and convey our revulsion. According to BD News, he said, “These incidents demonstrate that an established and established group seeks to systematically drive the nation towards anarchy.”
By “subverting the democratic rights and voting rights that were “won with much blood,” those groups are attempting to establish a new kind of fascism in the nation, according to Fakhrul.
“When all parties in the country are protesting against the killing of Osman Hadi and demanding justice for the killers, they are putting pressure on the government to arrest the killers and bring them to justice,” he said, as reported by BD News. Under such circumstances, we see such terrible actions as part of a plot to undermine the democratic transition process and the next national elections.”
“On behalf of the peace-loving countrymen, we want to warn these despicable conspirators that we cannot allow our country, which was acquired at the cost of so much blood, to be destroyed,” said Fakhrul. We must get together to defeat this malevolent power.
“There is no alternative to uniting all anti-anarchist political and social forces today to thwart this conspiracy.”
In the face of the demonstrations, he said, “In continuation of the unity through which we brought down fascism and achieved an interim government and national elections, we are calling on all patriotic forces to unite again.”
Fakhrul voiced his displeasure with the government’s involvement in the matter.
According to BD News, he said, “They are doing this action directly in front of the administration. Additionally, they believe that the government’s involvement is inadequate. Consequently, the government’s and the nation’s reputation is being damaged both domestically and internationally.
The public was still enraged by the demonstration while Sharif Osman bin Hadi lay in the National Heart Institute’s cold storage.
People protested Hadi’s death in the streets throughout the day, and the procession around the ambulance was a part of that outcry.
Following the news of Inqilab Manch convener Osman Hadi’s death from Singapore on Thursday night, there was an outpouring of fury that persisted into Friday. That day also saw a number of assaults, vandalism, and arson incidents. Protesters crowded the capital’s streets and other sites after Friday prayers. On Friday, Shahbagh was also in disarray.
Muhammad Yunus’s interim administration has called on citizens to uphold peace and against violence, accusing “fringe elements” of causing the disturbances.