Dhaka, March 17 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday alleged that the interim government advisers are trying to create a division between the anti-fascist movement and the recent July-August uprising.

"The July-August uprising is the final manifestation of the movement that the pro-democracy political parties, led by BNP, carried out for 15 years," he said.

The BNP leader came up with the remarks while addressing a human-chain programme in front of the party's Nayapaltan central office, organised by the Jatiyatabadi Mohila Dal, demanding the trial of those responsible for the rape and murder of eight-year-old Achia in Magura.

He said many BNP leaders and workers, including Ilias Ali, had been subjected to e...