With BNP set to launch its two-month membership drive starting May 15, the party is open to accepting into its fold Awami League members who have become inactive, distanced themselves in protest against their party’s misdeeds, or did not take part in AL’s misrule.
Speaking at a press briefing at BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan, Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, however, said they will remain vigilant to prevent Awami League affiliates involved in acts of terror, land grabbing, money laundering, and plundering from infiltrating the party.
When asked whether Awami League leaders and workers could become members of BNP, Rizvi responded, “If there is someone has been inactive in politics for a long time, or they once supported the Awami League but did not support its misrule, brutality, looting, and money laundering and have already distanced themselves from the party, why shouldn’t they be allowed to join?”
He said their party is mainly targeting reputable and decent people, such as retired officials, teachers, government employees, bankers, NGO workers, farmers, and labourers.
