
BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman stands by Mubin, who lost his sight in police firing during the anti-government movement on July 18. Mubin is a computer operator by profession. Mubin is a teenager who lost his sight in both eyes during the July movement.While joining a student-public procession on July 18, a bullet fired by the police entered his left eye and exited through the side of his right eye. Mubin, who fell to the ground, was immediately rescued and taken to Kuwait Friendship Hospital.From there, he underwent multiple surgeries at the National Institute of Ophthalmology and Dhaka Medical College, and later at the private Vision Eye Hospital. Fatherless, Mubin is the only breadwinner in his family.His treatment at Vision Eye Hospital cost lakhs of taka. He is currently at risk of permanent vision loss due to lack of funds for advanced treatment.Mubin and his mother raised the issue of not receiving any assistance from the interim government in front of the media.When the matter came to the attention of BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman, on Monday, BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam rushed to Ward No. 5 of Shidhalkura Union in Damudya Upazila of Shariatpur district, Mubin's village home, on his instructions.There, he conveyed Eid greetings and financial assistance from Tarique Rahman. At the same time, he assured Mubin of better medical treatment.In a brief speech there, Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam said, "The government's indifference towards the treatment of those injured in the July movement is very sad. It is often seen that the injured are protesting in hospitals for treatment. The government should be more humane and careful in this regard."He also said that the dream behind the July Movement, the dream of establishing democracy for which thousands of BNP leaders and activists have been victims of disappearances and murders for the past 16 years, is now visible as a vile plot to break that dream.The process of dishonoring the blood of martyrs is underway. The greatest beauty of democracy is free and fair elections. But now even that election is being delayed.The decision to hold elections in April instead of December, ignoring the opinions of most political parties in the country, is ill-advised.Considering that April is the month of monsoon and natural disasters, when the SSC exams are held, elections in Bangladesh are usually held in winter.Therefore, it would be a sign of good sense if the government, moving away from such a unilateral decision, announces the election date in December. Local BNP leaders and activists were present along with BNP Health Affairs Secretary Dr. Md. Rafiqul Islam.