<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b><font color="#634aa5">BNP leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Sunday said the Awami League government will be forced to quit power at any moment as it has no ‘foundation’ and ‘public support’.</font></b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"I would like to clearly say that this government was severely defeated through the farcical election on January 7. The ground under their feet has moved away,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Speaking at a discussion meeting, the BNP leader also said many people ask him whether this government will be able to stay in power for five more years after holding such an election.</div><div><br></div><div>“I would like to tell them even a day before their ouster the Ershad government did not know they would have to&nbsp; quit power in this way in 1990,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Moyeen, a BNP standing committee member, said people are the foundation of the government of a country. “As this foundation has slowly moved away, the Awami League is now standing on nothing. There’s no ground beneath their feet. This regime will be forced to leave at any moment.”</div><div><br></div><div>Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal arranged the programme at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU), making the 88th birth anniversary of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>Dr Moyeen called upon the country’s people and the leaders and activists of the opposition parties to get ready to make more sacrifices to make their movement for the restoration of democracy and people’s right to vote a success.</div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp;“I would like to tell you (people) one thing that yes we have given blood and we have to give more blood. We’re in a movement on the streets and we have to be there on the streets. But this movement will be completely peaceful and systematic,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>The BNP leader said their party believes that they will be able to restore democracy and people’s voting rights through a peaceful democratic movement, reports UNB.</div><div><br></div><div>“We believe in rules and democratic processes…BNP does not believe in the politics of logi-baitha (stick-oars). This is the difference between Awami League and BNP,” he said.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>