BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has likened Sheikh Hasina’s rule to primitive brutality, claiming the people of Bangladesh have defeated a “bloodthirsty tyrant.” Speaking about electoral reform, Rizvi criticized proposals for a proportional representation (PR) system, warning that it could strip voters of the right to select individual candidates and instead strengthen authoritarian control by political parties. “Some parties are raising PR and reform discussions merely to delay elections,” he alleged. Rizvi further declared: “Educated, hardworking, and dignified citizens will join BNP, but no extortionists or land-grabbers will be admitted. This country was won through the sacrifice of 30 lakh martyrs. Sheikh Hasina unleashed the same kind of savagery that existed 850,000 years ago in human society. But the people of Bangladesh have overcome her bloodlust and now must rebuild the nation anew.”