BNP leader Fazlu Rahman has urged his party to firmly uphold the spirit of the Liberation War, warning that otherwise another political force—not necessarily the Awami League—would fill that role.
Speaking on Saturday, Fazlu said Awami League often claims sole ownership of the Liberation War, but history tells a more complex story. He cited Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s alliance with Maulana Bhashani and criticized Jamaat-e-Islami’s collusion with Pakistan’s General Tikka Khan during the 1971 atrocities.
Responding to criticism of his past speeches, he said, “I may make mistakes—I am human. But if my words were indecent, why would your TV channel invite me to speak?”