Mirza Fakhrul said, “I receive many reports. Please, never harass people from this community. They are our members, our brothers. We are with them and will stand by them with all our strength.”
Welcoming the Matua community members who joined the BNP, the party’s secretary general said, “You can rest assured from now on—you are our friends, and we are with you.”
Calling for building a broader unity in post-July-uprising Bangladesh, he said, “Some outsiders—certain people, some countries, and some media outlets—are trying to spread false propaganda about Bangladesh. We want to change that perception.”