Tarique said the BNP is in favour of both reform and election. “Both are very important. Some people try to provoke unnecessary arguments with a purposeful question: which comes first, reform or elections? If we look at the current situation in the country, it is different.”
At this moment, he said it is more important for crores of families across the country to manage their households than to focus on elections and reforms.
“On one hand, there is the soaring cost of living, and on the other, the burden of VAT imposed on the people. As a result, farmers, workers, day labourers, low-income people, and even lower-middle-class families are finding it difficult to maintain their families. Many families are silently suffering,” the BNP leader observed.
He asked how the daily suffering and hardships of the people can be alleviated, how market syndicates can be broken to keep commodity prices within the reach of the people, how people can be freed from false cases filed during the fascist regime, and how law enforcement can be made more active to ensure the safety of people’s lives and property. “These issues must be at the top of the interim government’s priority list.”
Despite the various limitations of the interim government, the BNP leader said he believes it should not be allowed to fail, he said.
On the occasion, Tarique also pledged that the BNP would play a positive role in ensuring the rightful demands of teachers if it is voted into power.