Invisible axis now visible, Tarique warns

“Just days after the dictatorship fled, I sat with leaders across districts and upazilas and many of you were there,” Tarique said. “I told you then: though the regime has left, an invisible force is quietly lifting its head. I said it a year ago. Today, that warning has come true and what was once hidden is now emerging into plain sight.” The remarks, delivered during the first triennial conference of Kishoreganj BNP in nine years, mark one of Tarique’s most direct public references to what he portrays as a covert network working to undermine democratic restoration. Amid the festive atmosphere, with processions pouring into the stadium from across upazilas since morning, Tarique laid out a clear ideological and organizational...