BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Monday India cannot win the love of the people of Bangladesh by providing shelter to Bangladesh's 'enemy' Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India.
Speaking at a discussion, he requested the people to support the interim government, led by Professor Muhammad Yunus, to get the country back on track.
"I want to make it clear that India cannot earn the love of the people of Bangladesh by sheltering the enemy of Bangladesh," he said.
"I can't believe that India would give her shelter," Fakhrul said.
He said it is now the duty of BNP leaders and activists to welcome the new chapter of the country created the recent student-led mass movement.
Fakhrul accused the Awami League of undermining the freedom achieved after the fall of autocratic ruler Hasina.
He said that those who are indulging in various misdeeds to undermine the people's victory are not patriots; "They're traitors. You (BNP leaders and workers) must resist them and defeat them through another struggle."
He said the sons of Bangladesh brought the second independence of the country by sacrificing their blood. "We can't destroy it. One fascist is gone; we cannot import a new fascist. I am talking about neo-fascism because the Awami League is conspiring, sitting in Delhi, to foil the victory of the people."
Abdus Salam Talukder Smrity Sangsad hosted the discussion at National Press Club, marking the 25th death anniversary of former BNP Secretary General Abdus Salam Talukder. On August 20, 1999, Salam Talukder died on way to Singapore for medical treatment.
