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Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said the next parliamentary election will be held as per the constitution and the present government will perform as the election period government.
He said, "The present government will discharge the responsibility of the election period government and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will perform as the Premier."
Hasan Mahmud said while exchanging views with reporters on contemporary issues at the conference room of his ministry at Secretariat in the capital.
He said the next elections will be held as per the constitution in Bangladesh like other democratic countries including India, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom and the Continental Europe. The governments, who are in power, are performing as the election period government in those countries, he added, reports BSS.
The Awami League general secretary replied a question of reporters over the election period government. It was not a proposal and it is not yet to say whether it will be done or not, said the minister.
He said all these discussions are out of the question if BNP boycotts the polls or insist on for not holding elections without a caretaker government. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina made the proposal herself in 2014, but they didn't agree, he added.
He said, "We want to hold a participatory election in a festive mood. In the UK, Bangabandhu's daughter Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina recently said that the Awami League (AL) government also wants free and fair elections in Bangladesh likewise the United Kingdom (UK). We need the support of all political parties to do that. But a party wants to resist the polls."
Replying to another query over ongoing unrest in Pakistan, the minister said it is an internal issue of Pakistan. But it has been proved that Imran Khan has popularity as huge protests have taken place all over the country after arresting him, he added.
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