Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Wednesday expressed concern that fascism could reemerge in the country in a new form and through different tactics.

"Fascism must not rise again. We all need to be careful so that no one can establish autocracy in a new way, with new tactics or a new appearance," he said while speaking at the inaugural session of a views-exchange meeting with members of the Reporters Forum for Election and Democracy at a hotel in the capital's Gulshan area.

He urged all to remain alert to protect democracy so that no authoritarian force can return under a new guise.

The BNP leader said people were not able to cast their votes freely over the last 16 to 17 years and the festive atm...