Dhaka, Nov. 1 -- Senior BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has accused some forces of attempting to overshadow Bangladesh's struggle for independence in 1971 by magnifying the July Uprising.

On Saturday, he called out the Jamaat-e-Islami, saying a group that opposed independence in 1971 is now trying to undermine it while giving more importance to the July movement.

"We have been struggling for 15 years for democracy, to remove Hasina," he added. "We do not want to create division. But some forces deliberately try to sow discord."

"Those who want to erase 1971 have a single goal -- they want to deny that through struggle and the declaration by our leader Ziaur Rahman, Bangladesh became a free sovereign state."

Speaking at an event...