, Feb. 3 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said the use of bullets to suppress movements or any political programme must be stopped forever.

"Sheikh Hasina using the police and shotguns killed people in this country and this must never happen again," he said after placing a wreath at BNP founder and ex-president Ziaur Rahman's grave along with the leaders of Munshiganj district BNP on Monday.

Rizvi strongly criticised ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina and accused her of being desperate to reinstate her "barbaric rule" in Bangladesh.

"We must ensure free, fair elections and the rule of law in the country. Such barbaric rule, like that of Sheikh Hasina, should never be brought back to this country," he said.

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