He said, “We do not want to put before you any promise which Allah has not given humans the ability to fulfill.” “We don’t want to say things that are beyond human reach. We only want to make commitments that people have the God-given capacity to fulfill.”
Without naming any party, the BNP president alleged that a certain group was misleading people in the name of religion and attempting various conspiracies.
“We have already seen his party workers caught trying to make fake (voting) seals. His people have gone to simple-minded mothers and sisters, collecting NID numbers and bKash numbers to cheat them,” he claimed.
Referring to past political history without naming names, Tariq Rehman said that such groups have repeatedly worked against the interests of the people.
He said, “We have seen how, during the liberation war, they took a stand against the people of this country. We have seen how, during the mass movement of the 1990s, they abandoned the people and participated in elections with the dictator of that time. At various moments in history, this group has repeatedly turned its back on the people.”
Outlining what the BNP will do if the government is formed, Tariq Rahman said he could have spent his speech criticizing his election rivals, but that would not benefit the public.