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BNP will build a state founded on equality, knowledge and respect for labour, prioritising the people above power and merit over privilege, said Dr Zubaida Rahman yesterday.

“We say ‘we’ before ‘me’, ‘the country’ before ‘us’, ‘the people’ before ‘power’, and Bangladesh on top of everything and equality over division,” said the wife of party Chairman Tarique Rahman at a views-exchange meeting organised by the BNP Election Steering Committee at the Hatirjheel Amphitheatre in Dhaka.

“Equal opportunities for all, respect for labour, and valuing merit through merit-based jobs -- this is how we want to present a society and a state where the people come first,” she added.

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