Unified Efforts Wanted for Legislation and Order: Tarique Rahman’s Name to Motion

Bangladesh Nationalist Social gathering (BNP) performing chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday (December 25, 2025) known as on countrymen to hitch arms to take care of regulation and order, in his first handle to social gathering supporters hours after his arrival in Dhaka after a spot of 17 years. 

“No matter political social gathering we belong to, no matter faith we imagine in, whether or not we’re non-partisan people — all should be a part of arms to take care of regulation and order,” he informed 1000’s of social gathering supporters gathered on the July 36 Expressway within the capital, the place he went straight after arriving on the airport.

Mr. Rahman’s name for sustaining regulation and order got here amid a recent wave of unrest and political instability gripping Bangladesh following the killing of distinguished youth chief Sharif Osman Hadi, who was a distinguished face in final yr’s mass protests that compelled the collapse of the Sheikh Hasina authorities.

Mr. Rahman, the 60-year-old son of ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia, has emerged as a number one contender for prime ministership within the polls.

Referring to a preferred quote from U.S. civil rights activist Martin Luther King “I Have a dream”, Mr. Rahman mentioned, “I’ve a plan for the folks of my nation and for my nation,” State-owned Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha reported.

“This plan is for the curiosity of the folks, for the event of the nation, for altering the lot of the nation. To implement the plan, I want the assist of all of the folks of the nation. When you stand beside us, God prepared, we will implement my plan,” Mr. Rahman added.  

He mentioned he needs to make a protected Bangladesh the place folks no matter castes, creeds and faiths can stay in a peaceable atmosphere, the report mentioned. 

“Now we have folks from the hills and the plains on this nation – Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians. We need to construct a protected Bangladesh, the place each girl, man and little one can depart dwelling safely and return safely,” he mentioned.

Mr. Rahman’s name for unity got here as Jamaat-e-Islami, the BNP’s coalition companion throughout its 2001-2006 tenure in energy, has emerged as its foremost rival within the upcoming polls after the interim authorities blocked Awami League’s participation beneath the nation’s powerful Anti-Terrorism Act.

He urged folks to hope for her ailing mom and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, whom he was going to satisfy on the Evercare hospital in Dhaka after leaving the venue. 

Ms. Zia, a three-time prime minister, has been present process remedy on the intensive care unit (ICU) on the hospital.

BNP emerged because the forerunner to seize energy within the February polls, as former prime minister Hasina’s Awami League social gathering has been barred from contesting the election.