Bangladesh, Jan. 28 -- BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman on Tuesday questioned its arch contender in the upcoming polls, Jamaat-e-Islami that if you think BNP is so bad then why you did not resigned from the then BNP led government.

Tarique Rahman also alleged that a political party-apparently referring to Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-is attacking the BNP using language similar to that once employed by an autocratic ruler who later fled the country.

Addressing a large public rally at the Circuit House ground in Mymensingh, Tarique said such rhetoric reflected the persistence of an authoritarian political mindset.

He warned that history clearly demonstrates the eventual consequences of such politics.

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