''BNP is not a political party. It is a platform of extremely evil forces. All the evil forces and miscreants of society have joined this platform. The freedom and illusory sovereignty of Bangladesh will be not secure unless these forces are stopped,'' he said.
Ashraf, general secretary of the Awami League (AL), was speaking at the start of a mourning procession organised by Jubo League
... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League...
, an AL youth front, at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
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Three-term PM of Bangla, widow of deceased dictator Ziaur Rahman, head of the Bangla Nationalist Party, an apparent magnet for corruption ...
celebrates August 15, the day when Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and most of his family members were killed in 1975, as her birthday. That means she does not accept Bangladesh and will never do so in the future," he said.
''Were it her real birthday, she should celebrate it on August 16 or 17 as we requested, but she would not do it,'' he said angrily. He also called the birthday celebration a facet of western culture.
''There is no scope for holding any talks with those who celebrate the mourning day by cutting cakes and expressing utter hatred towards the Father of the Nation,'' he vowed.