, Aug. 24 -- BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said that despite "so much propaganda, conspiracy and plotting" against the party, its popularity remains high at around 55 percent in surveys, while Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's personal popularity is even higher at 65 to 66 percent.

"If a government works for the people, in the interests of the people and for the people, that government will never fail. Such a government will serve as a government appreciated by the people," he said.

Rizvi made the remarks after paying homage to BNP founder and former president Shaheed Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Khaleda Zia at their graves in Zia Udyan in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area in the noon.

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