By Ali Hassan

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), under the leadership of Begum Khaleda Zia who has served the country as a Prime Minister for three times in the history of Bangladesh. Bangladesh, under the leadership of Begum Khaleda Zia, who has remained very loyal to the state and the people of Bangladesh, went under so many developments such as economic welfare, educational reforms, democratization of the state and many other crucial developments. The core principles of the party always reflected as democracy, full confidence and faith in Almighty Allah, nationalism and socialism by centralization of the values of social and economic justice.

The last tenure of BNP’s party leader Begum Khaleda Zia has marked the period of achievements. The democratic rights and the values of Islam were being practiced by the people of Bangladesh. Begum Khaleda Zia never compromised on the sovereignty of the state and democratic rights of Bangladesh in international relations as well. She always prioritized Islam and Islamic values in the state and never supported anti-Islamic values by any agenda either it belonged to domestic or foreign entities throughout her period in the government.

 Though the elections of 2014 and 2018 remained controversial and BNP instead of being appreciated has to go through different difficult situations and still some have not ended yet. But despite this all, BNP supporters and party worker under the leadership of Begum Khaelda Zia as a chairperson of the party are struggling hard for the forthcoming elections in coming year 2023 to unite Bangladesh under single platform and make Bangladesh to progress by leaps and bounds.

Moreover, BNP’s supporters and party workers are also organizing peaceful rallies and protest throughout the state to spread awareness and awakening the people of Bangladesh and to secure its basic principle and codes of conduct set by the father of nation, Bangabandu, Shiekh Mujib Ur Rehman. But hurdles are being created by the ruling party AL as the vice-chairman of main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, AZM Zahid Hossain reported police of harassing party members and their families ahead of their anti-government rally in Faridpur, scheduled to be held on Saturday 12^th Nov, 2022. In addition, the police filed a case against about 100 leaders and activists of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, naming 19, for the clash between police and they party supporters that left about 30 people injured. But to strengthen the party sentiments he further explained that BNP activists and leaders would defy all the obstacles, including a politically motivated transport strike, allegedly influenced by the government.

Likewise in collaboration with other parties in Bangladesh, BNP alleged that the proposed loan which the Awami League government was going to take from the International Monitory Fund would increase the sufferings of the common people of the country  as IMF would give some conditions to withdraw subsides in the food, energy, education and health sectors of Bangladesh. Further, visualized the government to take immediate steps to stop corruption in the service sectors and drop the mega projects for the development of the country.

BNP is not only conducting rallies and protests in the countrywide but it is also busy in conducting foreign meetings as an influential party. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir held a one-and-a-half-hour closed-door meeting with Swedish ambassador briefed three foreign diplomats about the present political situation in the country. Beside all these political activities, BNP never forgot ancestors who always stood by with the nation and country and devoted their lives for the state and nation. Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists paid homage to their party founder and late president Ziaur Rahman marking what they said the National Revolution and Solidarity Day. BNP and its alliance partners celebrate November 7 as the National Revolution and Solidarity Day, the ruling Awami League and its front organizations consider it as the day of killing of freedom fighters.

The political activities in Bangladesh are at their peak as the forthcoming elections are approaching near in which the future of Bangladesh greatly dependent. As the Bangladesh is heading towards serious issues in coming future and only the loyal and sate centric government can save the state as well as nation from future calamities and fatal crises. The foreign policy of Bangladesh is needed to be amended and reformed by pointing out the friends who are actually not, but for the self interests.