BNP Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury has called upon all Paharis-Bengalis to work together as brothers, saying that terrorists and illegal occupiers have no room in BNP.
"No terrorists and illegal occupants have room in the BNP . . . If BNP comes to power in future, people will be happy. And I urge all Paharis-Bengalis to work together as brothers," he told a gathering in Khagrachari on Saturday, reports BSS
The senior BNP leader was speaking at a 'Relief distribution ceremony', organized by BNP's associate body Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Swechhasebak Dal at Dighinala Chhato Merung High School ground on Saturday afternoon.
Referring to the BNP's future politics, he said the party's future politics will be only to materialize the "New Bangladesh" in line with the dream of country's national hero Tarique Rahman and to fulfill the expectations of the new generation as well.
Swechchasebak Dal central President SM Jilani presided over the relief distribution ceremony.
Among others, Khagrachari District Unit President of BNP Wadud Bhuiyan, Swechchasebak Dal Central Committee General Secretary Rajib Ahsan also spoke there.
Later, relief goods were distributed among 500 flood-affected families in different areas of the upazila.
On his way back, the BNP Standing Committee member visited the house of Rabiul Islam, local union committee president of the party, who was killed by Awami League activists in Dighinala earlier.