Taufiq Ahmed Tafsir, Dhaka,Tuesday May 06, 2025: BNP acting chairperson Tareq Rahman has not returned to the country for nearly one and a half decades of power in Bangladesh.

Four months ago, when BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia was on her way to London for treatment, the leaders and activists thought that she would return home with her son Tarek Rahman.

But with BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Tuesday (May 7th) her two daughters said. Zubaida Rahman and Syeda Sharmila Rahman returned, but Tareq Rahman did not come to the country with his mother. The question of why not coming is wandering in the minds of the politics.

He has not returned to the country so far and there has been various questions in the public – is it just legal complexity or political understanding. However, BNP leaders have dismissed the rest of the issues without legal complications.

BNP leaders
Top leaders of the BNP say Tareq Rahman will return home after completing all the legal process. If the legal complications related to the case are cut off, he will enter the motherland.

Tareq Rahman’s lawyer also rely on the rule of law.

Referring to the BNP law, the standing committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury said, “Democracy will not continue without the rule of law.” Tareq Rahman wants to finish the legal process (DU Process of Law). It has to be done through the rule of law. With an order like Sheikh Hasina, you will not cancel all cases. That does not come under the rule of law. Doing this will not have the confidence of the people, the rule of law will not return. Without the rule of law, democracy cannot survive. He will return home after addressing these cases properly, returning soon. ‘

On the other hand, another member of the BNP standing committee, Salauddin Ahmed, hopes, ‘Tareq Rahman will also come to the country soon’.

BNP joint secretary general Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie said, “Tareq Rahman will come very soon.” We have not yet been able to overcome the complexity of the legal complex. Still the results of some cases (waiting). In London in and out of the country. He will come to us soon, we are waiting for him. ‘

Asked if there was any special barrier to return to Tareq Rahman’s country, BNP chairperson’s adviser Syed Moazzem Hossain Alal said, “The BNP wants Tarique Rahman Bir to finish all the legal process properly.” We do not expect any legal disruption. We’re working to finish all the legal process quickly. Hopefully he will return home in the fastest time.

BNP Vice Chairman Shamsuzzaman Dudu said that the mother of democracy Begum Khaleda Zia returned home after treatment. It is very comfortable for the people of Bangladesh. Along with his two sons and grandchildren returned home. We hope Tariq Rahman will return home in the fastest time. When the legal complexity is over, he will lead the struggle to establish democracy back home.

Although Tareq Rahman was released from all the punishment, his sentence remained in a case. The case was discussed by Tarek Rahman, his wife, on September 27, during the ‘One-Eleven’ renowned caretaker government. Zubaida Rahman and mother -in -law Syeda Iqbal Mand Banu were the then Deputy Director of the ACC Zahirul Huda. A Dhaka court sentenced Tarique Rahman to three years and his wife Zubaida Rahman to three years in the case on August 2, 2012. According to the criminal procedure, in the context of the application on September 22 last year. Zubaida Rahman’s sentence was postponed for a year.

When asked about the question, BNP’s legal secretary and lawyer Barrister Kaiser Kamal said, “The state leader Begum Khaleda Zia, Tareq Rahman and Dr. we are always talking about. Zubaida Rahman Madam, who is in every case, believe in the rule of the Zia family law. Believe in the traditional constitution of the country and confident of the court. Their cases will be settled according to the criminal procedure. ‘

Tareq Rahman’s arrest and journey abroad
The ‘One-Eleven’ fame Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed’s caretaker government was named in the alleged campaign nationwide after taking charge in the 21st. During the army -backed government, leaders and businessmen of various political parties were arrested. Tareq Rahman was arrested on March 7 of that year. He was released on bail on September 7, the following year.

He left Dhaka for London on September 7. Tareq Rahman resigned from the party’s senior joint secretary general a few hours before the London journey.

James F Morierty was the US ambassador that day in Dhaka. From Dhaka to Washington, he sent a secret message at that time. Everything is leaked on the WikiLeaks site. Moriarty wrote in one of the tears that on August 27, the then BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain and Jamaat -e -Islami secretary Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid met with Khaleda Zia at the jail. Brigadier General ATM Amin, the then senior officer of the Defense Intelligence Agency-DGFI, was at the meeting. It was mentioned there that he sent Tarabarta to Washington on September 7.

Moriarty said Bri with Khaleda Zia at that meeting. Amin was discussed, where after the release and release of Khaleda Zia and Tareq Rahman, there was talk of sending Tareq Rahman abroad for treatment. Besides, Tareq Rahman’s ‘break for some time’ from politics was also discussed.

The report published on September 7, 2012 of the online version of the BBC Bangla, highlighted the details of this. According to the report, “BNP leader Moudud Ahmed wrote in his book ‘How I was in jail (20-21),’ She (Khaleda Zia) compromised that Tareq Rahman would not be involved in politics now and Tariq Rahman”Before Tareq Rahman’s journey to London, his mother Khaleda Zia told the media that Tareq Rahman would be out of politics until he was healthy. ”

In the long few years, the old issues have not been discussed in the country. There is no situation in Bangladesh, which is supported by the army. However, the BNP’s acting chairman is only suffering from moral position, or he has decided not to return to the country without being completely exempt from the case.

Abdur Rahim, a supporter of the grassroots BNP. He believes that Tareq Rahman will have to come to the country to rescue the country from the uncertainty that has been created over the elections. Otherwise, the election will be far away.

Case
The top leader of the BNP, a year before leaving the country, faced more than 5 cases until the fall of the Awami League government from the 21st. In some cases, Tarique Rahman was also sentenced. BNP leaders believe that most judges who were given the verdict were promoted as ‘prizes’. When the pot changed on August 5, the majority of cases were also settled. Even on August 28, the grenade attack was released from numerous cases, including the grenade attack case. Some of the cases that have been judged to the other have not yet been finalized.

Khaleda Zia
During the Fakhruddin-Moinuddin caretaker government and the falling Awami League government, BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia also faced various cases. He was even convicted in two cases and was jailed. Later in the year 2021, the government released him according to the law. From there, Khaleda Zia was in Gulshan’s residence ‘Firoza’. But the three -time former prime minister fell ill during the imprisonment. Despite many attempts, he could not go abroad for advanced treatment. Although doctors advised to take abroad for better treatment, the then court and the government did not respond. After the fall of the government on August 7, 2021, the President released Khaleda Zia’s sentence in two cases and released her. But Khaleda Zia walked in the legal process. After the legal appeal hearing, he was released from the Supreme Court.

Then Khaleda Zia went to London by air ambulance for advanced treatment on January 5. Khaleda Zia arrived at Tareq Rahman’s residence on January 25 after being undergoing treatment at London Clinic for 5 days. The specialist physician of the clinic was under the supervision of Professor Patrick Kennedy and Professor Jennifer Cross. After a long time, the BNP chairperson celebrated Eid -ul -Fitr with the family.

Khaleda Zia has returned home
At a press conference after a joint meeting at the BNP chairperson’s political office in Gulshan on Saturday (May 7th), the party’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said Madam Khaleda Zia had received treatment in London for four months. He first received treatment at a UK hospital and was consistent with the doctors there, as per our acting chairman Tarique Rahman. His condition has improved every day. On the one hand, a good environment, especially the family environment, as well as the advanced treatment through experimentation, he is feeling much healthier than ever before. Because of this, the country leader Begum Khaleda Zia has decided she will now return home.

“Begum Khaleda Zia is on a special plane, we were hoping that she had gone on the plane,” she said. That is, he returned home exactly on the Royal Air ambulance in Qatar.