Awami League President Sheikh Hasina said how the BNP has a dream of coming to the power again, referring to the 2008 general election which was accepted by all and the BNP-Jamaat alliance had got only 30 seats.
"How BNP dreams of going to power again with the people's vote," she said while presiding over a meeting of the Awami League Working Committee (ALWC) in her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital Thursday evening.
She said the 2008 general election was held credibly and fairly and none could raise any question about the election, reports BSS.
"Is BNP doing anything better for the country and its people through which they will build confidence and trust of the people for them which move them to send the party power again?" she posed a question.
Sheikh Hasina, also the Prime Minister said since its inception BNP has been playing ducks and drakes with the people's voting rights, referring to Ziaur Rahman's farcical yes/no vote and parliamentary election to hang on to the power which he grabbed illegally after violating the country's constitution.
Ziaur Rahman's wife Khaleda Zia had also held a farcical election on February 15 in 1996 in which no political party took part in the polls, she alleged.
Hasina said the people of the country toppled the BNP government through movement within one and a half months of the election as the people of the country never accepted vote rigging.
She also added that there was an attempt to hold a general election in 2006 with a voter list of 1.23 crore fake voters which was cancelled.
But, the Awami League always comes to the power with the people's mandate, she said.
Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, Presidium Members Begum Matia Chowdhury, Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim and Kazia Zafarullah were present on the dais.
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