BNP not to join polls under AL-led govt
Leaders of the main opposition BNP yesterday said the party will not take part in any elections under the Awami League led government.
“BNP will not participate in election if caretaker government provision is scrapped,” said the party's standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain.
“We will resist such elections keeping people with us,” said Mosharraf while addressing a demonstration programme at Mahanagar Nattya Mancho in the city yesterday.
He said election cannot be free and fair under Awami League government and that is why they will not participate in election under the present government.
The former minister also criticised the government for its failure to evacuate Bangladeshis from crisis-riddled Libya.
BNP staged the demonstration across the country demanding release of its arrested leaders and workers. The party leader Dr RA Gani chaired the protest programme.
The opposition leaders also opposed the government's plan to implement electronic voting system in the next parliamentary elections.
According to them, the government wants to introduce electronic voting only to manipulate the poll results, as the people are not aware of this system at all.
Meanwhile, Jamaat-e-Islami yesterday held a separate “day of demand” demanding release of its top leaders remaining detained now.
The party held a rally at Purana Paltan in the city as part of its countrywide programme. Jamaat's Acting Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam was the chief guest at the rally.
ATM Azharul said the government has detained Jamaat Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami, Secretary General Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, and others illegally, as evidence of committing crimes against humanity is yet to be found against them.
The Jamaat leader also said the word “razakar” is being used to destroy the image of the Islamist leader in a bid to destroy the Islamic movement.
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