BNP National Standing Committee member Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury today said a vested quarter is trying to hijack the uprising and warned that people who are tussling over the "ownership" of it to stay in power will face the same fate as Sheikh Hasina, who fled the country after people ousted her on August 5.

"New narratives of the movement are coming up. They want to hijack the movement," he said at a rally in Chattagram's Sholoshahar today marking the 46th founding anniversary of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal.

"Think before you make a statement. We don't want to question this movement as it is the movement of 18 crore people of Bangladesh," the BNP leader said.

"Together with all the people, we have driven out the fascists. No one should try to take ownership of the movement. If we (BNP) have to calculate the ownership, you will be ashamed," he said referring to BNP's contribution to the protests.

Khasru said the uprising gave back people the right to vote.

"If anyone plays with it, they will follow the path of Sheikh Hasina. Trying to stay in power by creating new narratives without elections will not work here. You have to go to the polls. Elections should be held as soon as possible, He said.

Stating that Chhatra Dal was on the streets even after 16 years of torture, he said, "We don't want a division in the country over the movement. We want unity."

Stating that the responsibility of the interim government is to peacefully hand over power to the elected government, he said.

"The responsibility of the interim government is to peacefully hand over power to the elected parliamentary government. It has no other responsibilities. And the reforms that are being talked about will be carried out in the next parliament. That is, the elected parliament members will make the necessary reforms."