, Oct. 19 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Monday said the opposition that paving the way for a return to authoritarianism by opposing the government without justification would amount to betraying the martyrs of both the July mass uprising and the 1971 Liberation War.

" If you open the way for authoritarianism while opposing the government, it will certainly not bring a good outcome for the country. It would be a betrayal of the July martyrs and, in the same way, of the freedom fighters of 1971," he said.

The Prime Minister made the remarks while addressing a public gathering after inaugurating the July Memorial and the renovated Osmani Udyan beside the Secretariat.

He urged opposition parties to play a constructive role in Parliam...