Democracy Can Only Be Established Through National Elections: Mirza Fakhrul

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News Desk: BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has expressed hope that the interim government will organize the 13th National Parliamentary Elections in February 2026.

He shared this optimism while speaking to journalists on Monday morning (July 7) after paying his respects at the shrine of Hazrat Shahjalal (R) in Sylhet.

Mirza Fakhrul stated, “It is only through elections that democracy can be restored and the country can move forward in the right direction.”

He further emphasized the importance of the people's movement—particularly the blood-stained mass uprising of July—which he said has paved the way for a new direction that everyone must now work together to realize.

Highlighting the repression faced by his party, Fakhrul claimed that over the past 15 years, more than six million BNP leaders and activists have been falsely implicated in cases, with thousands losing their lives.

The BNP Secretary General arrived in Sylhet at 9:00 AM to attend a prayer gathering and discussion meeting organized by Sylhet district and metropolitan BNP, seeking blessings for the recovery of party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia.