Savar, March 26 -- BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Wednesday said there is no such thing as a "second independence" in a sovereign, independent Bangladesh.

"Today's celebrations would serve as evidence that the concept of a 'second independence' does not exist in the country," he said after paying tribute to the martyred war heroes on the occasion of the 54th Independence Day at the National Memorial in Savar.

The notion of a "second independence" was an attempt to undermine the significance of the country's hard-earned freedom from 1971, Abbas said.

"Second independence": An Attempt to Undermine Original Freedom

"Those who talk about a second independence want to undermine today's Independence Day. In other words, they h...