BNP on Friday alleged that Awami League wants to score goals in an empty field in the upcoming election without the participation of the opposition parties, reports UNB.
“She (Sheikh Hasina) does not want the opposition parties to join the election. They're used to scoring goals in empty fields and getting walkovers. We've said people will no longer accept this kind of election," said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
He made the remarks at a press conference at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, trashing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s remark that her government wants all parties to take part in the 12th parliamentary election.
As a liberal democratic party, Fakhrul said, BNP wants to join the election but it has to be a genuine election, not a farce.
He said a fair and credible election cannot be held under those who stuff ballots the night before the election, got 154 people elected without voting, barred the opposition candidates from participating in the electioneering and arrested opposition leaders and activists to make the field empty.
“It can’t be accepted that election will be held by unleashing a reign of terror…this is how the military dictators prolong power as they’re afraid to go to people and seek votes from them. This is the reality," the BNP leader said.
He said Sheikh Hasina has been staying in power by deceiving and intimidating the country’s people and resorting to falsehood.
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