, Nov. 19 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday said "mob violence" must be abandoned to build a truly democratic system in the country.

"The foremost principle of democracy is that you must tolerate others' opinions. But here we see, I will speak, yet I will not tolerate your speech. I will beat you, create mob violence, gather a few people and say, 'Break it, smash it, beat him to death'. this is not democracy," he said.

The BNP leader made the remarks while unveiling the cover of a book titled "Chobbisher Gono-Obbhutthane BNP (BNP's Role in the Mass Uprising of 2024)", edited by photojournalist Babul Talukder.

Fakhrul expressed concern over what he described as attempts by a certain quarter to divert atte...