{"id":13140,"date":"2025-12-25T16:01:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T12:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=13140"},"modified":"2025-12-25T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T13:01:06","slug":"have-a-plan-for-the-people-of-my-country-tarique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyenglishtimes.com\/?p=13140","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I have a plan for the people of my country\u2019: Tarique"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ET Desk:<\/strong> BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said he has a plan for the people of the country to build a prosperous and safe Bangladesh, seeking cooperation from all to translate his dreamed plan into reality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a plan for the people of my country and for the country,\u201d he told a mammoth jubilant crowd gathered at the July 36 Expressway in the capital to welcome him on his historic homecoming after a long 17 years in exile in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the famous quote of American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, \u201cI have a dream\u201d, he said, \u201cMartin Luther King \u2014 have you heard the name? Martin Luther King has a famous dialogue: \u2018I have a dream.\u2019 Today, standing on the soil of Bangladesh, before all of you, I want to say this: I have a plan for the people of my country and for my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, this plan is for the interest of the people, for the development of the country, for changing the destiny of the people of this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tarique Rahman sought people\u2019s cooperation to realize his plan to change the fortune of the countrymen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that plan, that course of action, that vision is to be implemented, dear brothers and sisters, from this sea of people present here today, and from all those across Bangladesh who represent the strength of democracy, I will need the cooperation of every single person. Every single person\u2019s cooperation is needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The day\u2019s historic address by Tarique Rahman coincides with the famous speech of Martin Luther King as both the speeches spanned around 17 minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ET Desk: BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman today said he has a plan for the people of the country to build a prosperous and safe Bangladesh, seeking cooperation from all to translate his dreamed plan into reality. \u201cI have a plan for the people of my country and for the country,\u201d he told a mammoth jubilant crowd gathered at the July 36 Expressway in the capital to welcome him on his historic homecoming after a long 17 years in exile in the UK. 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