TDS Desk:

BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has pledged that the party will set up another department within the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs responsible for taking care of July fighters if it comes to power.

To uphold the honour and dignity of the freedom fighters of the 1971 Liberation War, the BNP government under the leadership of Begum Khaleda Zia established the Ministry of Liberation War Affairs in 2001, Tarique noted while speaking at a dialogue with the families of martyrs and the injured of the 2024 July Uprising on Sunday morning (18 January).

If the BNP forms government again through the people’s mandate in the upcoming election, slated for 12 February, it will create a separate department under the ministry to ensure advanced medical treatment and rehabilitation for those injured in the July Uprising, he added.

BNP Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan chaired the event at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in Dhaka, while Tarique was the chief guest. Senior BNP leaders, including Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, were also present.

On Saturday the BNP chief took part in a dialogue with the families of victims of enforced disappearance, torture and murder allegedly carried out under the Awami League regime.