BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Wednesday said his party never told that they won’t join election, rather they said they won’t participate in ‘staged, one-sided, farce and deceptive’ polls under the current regime, UNB reported.
“The forthcoming upazila polls will not be very different from the previous elections. So, there is no possibility of BNP to contest the upazila polls,” he said after visiting Jubo Dal central committee’s former vice-president SM Jahangir at his Uttara residence.
He said, “Awami League’s decision not to allow party symbol in upazila polls has proved that Awami League itself acknowledges that the people of the country have rejected the ‘boat’ symbol. Because, Awami League drowned boat themselves fearing defeat in upazila polls”.
Moyeen Khan said, “We want a free, fair and participatory polls. BNP had formed government several times by winning polls with people mandate. We don’t believe in ruling people but doing politics to serve them.”
The government will decide whether they will give back people the right to vote or not, he added.
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