BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy yesterday said BNP could not win the people's confidence as the opposition party till now though the countrymen are fed up with the government for its torture and repression.
"People become afraid when they see the faces of a few of our party men. Though they are necessary for the party, it would not be possible to realise the dream of forging a tougher anti-government movement by keeping these people in the party," he said while addressing a discussion.
Projonmo Academy, a pro-opposition organisation, organised the discussion at Jatiya Press Club in the city.
Goyeshwar, known as an outspoken person in and outside the party forum, said the situation was ripe for a mass upsurge in the country but this could not be initiated as BNP could not earn sufficient trust of the people.
Dedicated leaders were not evaluated properly in the party. Even those who actively demonstrated on the streets after the 1/11 changeover did not get any space in party forums. But those who broke the lock of the party's central office during the period were rewarded later, he said.
Leaders of BNP's reformists' faction broke the lock and entered the party's central office at Naya Paltan in the city during the military-backed caretaker government.
"BNP never stands beside those who stood beside it during political disasters," he added.
Party standing committee member Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman, Moazzem Hossain Alal and Khandaker Golam Mortaza spoke at the discussion with Abu Al Yusuf Tipu, president of the academy, in the chair.
Source : The Daily Star
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