Dhaka, Oct. 25 -- BNP Acting Secretary General Advocate Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday said the great figures in world history never created divisions among people, but instead preached universal human welfare by removing distinctions between social classes.

"Great figures who have come to this world have shown us that path. They did not draw lines of division between people. They did not distinguish between the lower and upper classes. They spoke for the welfare of humanity by eliminating all forms of class discrimination," he said.

Rizvi made the remarks as the chief guest at a discussion and lantern festival organised at Dharmarajika Buddhist Mahavihara in Basabo in the capital on the occasion of the Buddhist community's "Shubho Prabara...