Youth and Sports Adviser Asif Mahmud on Saturday said Bangladeshi political parties should prioritise the people's mandate instead of India's if they want to evade the same fate as ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Many conspiracies are being hatched at home and abroad in the current situation of Bangladesh, Adviser Asif said these while addressing a programme at Durgaram Govt High School in Camilla's Muradnagar, where he studied.
"I am very sorry to say that our political parties have a deep-rooted idea that Bangladesh cannot come to power without India's blessings. The way they are speaking is very scandalous for the people of this free country," he said.
He also stated that Political parties will not be able to come to power with the blessing of external powers.
Meanwhile, the adviser said ‘Cumilla demands division due to geographical considerations. So, it will be declared a division soon,”.
He emphasized that although the country has gained independence, every citizen must contribute from their own position to make the country beautiful.
The meeting, chaired by Barrister Nasher Alam, was attended by the adviser's father, Billal Hossain Master, Muradnagar Upazila BNP leader Kazi Junnun Bashari, leaders of BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, Hefazat-e-Islami, and family members of those martyred and injured in the July Revolution.
Earlier in the afternoon, the adviser held discussions with government officials at the Kabi Nazrul Auditorium of the upazila.
