BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi today said that the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has always stood by its commitment to the people and remains steadfast in fulfilling the promises it makes to them.

"BNP is moving forward holding high the flag of the ideals and philosophy with which Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman founded the party," he said.

He was speaking to journalists after paying tribute at the graves of Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia marking the party’s 48th founding anniversary today.

Rizvi said, the great President of the country and Proclaimer of Independence Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman founded BNP with his own hands 48 years ago. 

The party was established with a few commitments. Upholding those commitments, revolutionary programs for development and production were adopted, and initiatives were taken to make the nation self-reliant and self-sufficient in food.

He said that in education, culture, foreign policy, domestic policy and law and order, Shaheed Zia gave the state of Bangladesh a glorious dignity.

The BNP Acting Secretary General said, democracy has been repeatedly disrupted in the country. The brutal face of fascism has been witnessed.

During the period, people's freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom to form political parties, and even freedom of movement have been compromised.

"Shaheed President Ziaur Rahman removed these terrifying situations and ensured civil liberties. It was Ziaur Rahman, who created the opportunity to continue the practice and exercise of multi-party democracy. 

Since then, numerous political parties in Bangladesh were formed and opportunities for expressing opinions were created," he added. 

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