BNP leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy has criticized the party’s chief adviser for his remarks against the BNP while in Japan. “It now appears the BNP misjudged him,” he said. Roy added that the people's movement was for democracy and fair elections—not for individual gains. “Ziaur Rahman stood for freedom, democracy, and sovereignty. He never sought publicity; it followed him. Today, some only preach his ideals without practicing them.”