Dhaka, Feb. 25 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday urged Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to run the government with a strong hand and proceed towards holding the national election soon, maintaining neutrality.

"I would like to call upon the chief of the interim government to lead your government with a strong hand. Let no one get scope to say that you are exhibiting any favoritism," he said.

Mirza Fakhrul made this call while addressing a discussion over BDR carnage, arranged by BNP, at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh in the city in memory of the martyred army officers who were killed in the 2009 Pilkhana tragedy.

He said they do not want to hear such words about him because he is a very famous person...