DCC polls ploy to foil BNP movement
DCC polls ploy to foil BNP movement
Says Fakhrul; adds his party will decide on participation in due time
After a long time, the government has announced to hold the overdue elections to the two Dhaka city corporations to foil BNP's movement and divert people's attention from the protest, party acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday.
He made the comments while talking to reporters at Labaid Specialised Hospital in the capital where he visited the ailing film director Chashi Nazrul Islam.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told Monday's cabinet meeting that the elections would be held early next year, but she did not specify the time.
The decision came after an LGRD ministry proposal sought extension of the tenure of the two DCC administrators to one year from six months.
Asked about BNP's participation in the DCC elections, Fakhrul said the party would decide when the election time would come.
Referring to the charging of BNP leader Sadeque Hossain Khoka with sedition, he said the "illegal" government had been suing his party colleagues in fear of movement.
Khoka, the last elected mayor of Dhaka city, was charged with sedition on Monday for "instigating violence" last year. Khoka is now in the USA for cancer treatment.
The five-yearly DCC election has been overdue since May 2007.