With ‘autocracy gone’, Tarique sees ‘invisibe forces’ gaining ground

Autocracy may have forced out of Bangladesh, but an invisible force is now beginning to rear its head, BNP’s Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has warned. Speaking virtually at the tri-annual conference of Kishoreganj district BNP on Saturday afternoon, he said the vacuum left behind is quietly being occupied by “a rising, unseen power”. Tarique claimed that 95 percent of the interim government’s recently floated reform agenda mirrors the BNP’s 31-point proposal, which the party had placed before the public more than two and a half years ago. “BNP was not alone in doing so,” he said. “Other political parties across Bangladesh also offered their views. We may have differences on some issues, but there’s no disagreement when it comes to...