PM on Solidarity Day/Foil conspiracy and protect independence, sovereignty unitedly

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Saturday (November 7) warned that there are conspiracy is being hatched against the independence and sovereignty of the country like the previous times.

He called all to be alert, foil and destroy all conspiracies with united efforts like the 71, November 7 and the 24 uprising, saying no plot can keep the democracy loving people down.

“All democracy-loving people, at home and abroad, have to remain alert and united against conspiracies aimed at undermining the country, invoking the spirit of November 7 as a day of national unity and safeguarding Bangladesh's independence and sovereignty,” the prime minister said a brief gathering before joining a mammoth public rally in front of the BNP central office at Nayapaltan in the capital on the afternoon.

"November 7 is the day of national unity. November 7 is the day to protect Bangladesh's independence and sovereignty. November 7 is the day of the hopes and aspirations of the people of Bangladesh," he said.

"We have to give stern reply once again to the conspirers like in 1971, like in 1990, and like on November 7, 1975. We have to make this November 7 revolution rally the day to fulfil that expectation, a day to protect Bangladesh's liberty and sovereignty," he said.

Tarique Rahman urged the countrymen to protect democracy.

“Let this historic day to be the day to protect the democracy that the people of Bangladesh established in 2024 by sacrificing their lives on the July Uprising,” the Prime Minister said.

Tarique Rahman called for wider unity among the countrymen saying people to stand together against any conspiracy, irrespective of whether it originated inside or outside the country.

"Let us, together with all democracy-loving people of Bangladesh, defeat every conspiracy, whether it comes from inside the country or outside, with one united reply," he said.

BNP Standing Committee members Mirza Abbas, Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury, Salahuddin Ahmed and AZM Zahid Hossain and Acting Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, and the party's and its front body leaders, among others were present in the event.

On the occasion, BNP leaders and workers began arriving at Nayapaltan in small processions from around noon.

The gathering transformed into a sea of people within afternoon as thousands of the party leaders and activists had attended the event.

The area of the huge stretching from Kakrail intersection to Fakirerpul intersection.

Party men carried the national flag and placards bearing photographs of the late President Ziaur Rahman, Begum Khaleda Zia and Tarique Rahman, while wearing caps and T-shirts of different colours.

The prime minister pointed that the people of Bangladesh had defeated such conspirors in the past, he said students and people had achieved more than merely restoring the democracy and protect the country's independence and sovereignty.

In the midway of his speech, Tarique Rahman led the gathering in chanting the slogan: "Not Delhi, not Pindi, not any other country. Bangladesh first, Bangladesh for all."

"Let us begin our revolution today," he said.

After delivering speech the Prime Minister participated the rally on foot and exchanged greetings with people along the route. Cabinet members and leaders from different levels of the party also walked alongside him.

The prime minister reached Manik Mia Avenue at 4:30pm, and delivered his concluding speech and announced the ending of the programme.