Chattogram, Aug. 5 -- Criticizing the role of media during the Sheikh Hasina's regime in the country, BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said that journalists should not serve political parties but act as the voice of the people.

He said this while addressing an event at Chittagong Press Club marking the first anniversary of the July Uprising.

Speaking as chief guest at the 'Journalist-Student-Public Gathering' at the club, Khosru said, "You don't need to be BNP's journalists. Be journalists of the nation, of the people. That is the promise of a new Bangladesh."

Those who stood with autocrats in the name of journalism are not true journalists. Standing in front of the Press Club to support a party or an individua...