Rajshahi, Aug. 10 -- BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman on Sunday said the main challenge for the nation is now to establish people's rule and ensure their political and voting rights.

"The main goal of the movement was to establish the political rights of people and protect individual freedom. The autocratic regime fled the country in the face of the movement. Now, it is essential to establish people's rule and ensure political rights. The key way to achieve this is by creating a system where people can directly exercise their voting rights," he said.

Speaking virtually at the Rajshahi city unit BNP's biennial conference, the BNP leader said that through such voting, people will decide who will govern the country for a specific term in...