Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused some forces of attempting to overshadow Bangladesh’s struggle for independence in 1971 by magnifying the July Uprising. Fakhrul added, “We see today much more agitation from those forces. At that time, you called the Liberation War chaos… tried to describe it as an uprising by some criminals. Fakhrul pointed out that under Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, all newspapers except four were banned and those four were under government control. “Ziaur Rahman envisioned a democratic state, Begum Khaleda Zia later restored parliamentary governance and caretaker elections,” he added.

Source: bd News24 November 01, 2025 12:43 UTC