Dhaka, Dec. 22 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said the recent incidents of mob violence and attacks on different institutions are putting the restoration of democracy at risk.

"Attacks are launched one after another across the country over various issues. If this continues, democracy will never become strong," he said.

The BNP leader made the remarks while speaking to reporters after paying tributes at the grave of late President Ziaur Rahman at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, along the members of newly announced central committee of Jatiyatabadi Muktijuddher Projonmo.

Rizvi said people have been deprived of their voting rights for the last 17 years. "People are eager to vote, but a group is trying to destroy th...