Dhaka, Nov. 8 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has said the 1971 Liberation War did not bring freedom to the Bengali nation but only to the Awami League.
"The freedom we achieved in 1971 through Victory Day was not the liberation of the nation.
The Awami League was liberated there. The Jubo League and Chhatra League were liberated there. But the nation was not liberated. The nation was liberated on the 7th of November," he said.
Rizvi made the remark while inaugurating a photography exhibition marking National Revolution and Solidarity Day at Dhaka University's Battala on Friday afternoon.
He said the exhibition, featuring photographs of "unforgettable moments," was not merely a photo show but a "living display of...