The Bangladesh Nationalist Party-BNP has paid homage to the great martyrs by laying a wreath at the central Shaheed Minar.

After paying homage to the memory of the language martyrs on Sunday morning, senior joint secretary general of the party Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said, "Currently, the country is being run through mafia and dictatorship. The government has established a one-party system of governance in the country.

He said that the blood bath of Bahanna inspires us even today on the day of Amar Ekushey February. Bahanna's consciousness has calmed us. So even today we are fighting against this authoritarian regime. Aman Ullah Aman, advisor to the BNP chairperson, said, "Democracy is flawed today.

The spirit of the liberation war, the spirit of Ekushey, everything is confused. In the sixty-two movement we got the right to education. I got freedom in exchange for the blood of many martyrs in 1971. I got democracy in exchange for the blood of the martyrs of the anti-authoritarian movement of the nineties.

"But we have not been able to hold on to these achievements," he said. BNP leader Aman said, "We pay tribute to those who got the right to language in exchange for their blood and democracy. Democracy is missing in the country today.

On this day, our strong oath is to bring back democracy by overthrowing this unelected, illegitimate, dictatorial regime. Engineer Ishraq Hossain said, "There is no democracy in the country for the last 13 years. Those who were terrorists in the country's neighborhoods now control the country's policy.

Addressing the people, he said, "Awaken your consciousness." Show me how to protect freedom.

Adviser to the party chairperson Abdus Salam, Joint Secretary General Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Habib-un Nabi Khan Sohail, Central Leader Shama Obaid, Mir Sarafat Ali Sapu, Aminul Haque, Mir Newaz Ali Neyaz, Shamimur Rahman Shami, Alam, Sultan Salahuddin Tuku of Juba Dal, Abdul Qadir Bhuiyan Jewel of Swachchasebak Dal, Fazlur Rahman Khokon of Chhatra Dal, Iqbal Hossain Shyamal and other leaders and workers of the organization were present.

In the morning, BNP leaders and activists gathered near Balaka Cinema Hall and held a morning procession. They recited Fateha by laying wreaths at the graves of the language martyrs in Azimpur. After that they went to the central Shaheed Minar.