Govt fears talks because it has no answers to ‘fake election’: Rizvi

Raj Ahmed of DOT
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged that the ruling party is unwilling to hold talks with the opposition because it is unable to come up with an answer for the ‘fake votes’ cast in the general election.
He made the remarks at a press conference yesterday in reaction to the Awami League’s refusal of Jatiya Oikya Front’s proposition to hold talks after the end of the 11th national parliamentary election.
The Jatiya Oikya Front urged the government to hold talks demanding a re-election over ‘vote rigging’ in the December 30 polls.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader had rejected the demand, saying the election had been accepted across the globe and demands for a re-election were ridiculous, reports BDNews.
“The Awami League leaders are still shamelessly ranting after a fake election of this magnitude. Can you call it an election when nearly half of the votes were cast the night before? Everyone now has enough evidence of this massive theft,” said Rizvi.
“Even in the face of strong threats, the national and the international media and the country’s political parties have reported evidence of vote rigging. Nobody has accepted this election. That is why Obaidul Quader and company have rejected the talks as they do not have the answers. They do not have answers to this grand theft.”
“The Awami League has carried out ‘vote rigging’ using the administration and the police,” Rizvi alleged.
Claiming that there is no democracy in Bangladesh, the BNP leader pointed to the latest report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to strengthen his case.
“After the publishing of this report, some ignorant intellectuals of the government have made irrelevant remarks. They said that Bangladesh has progressed democratically. But in reality, the democratic position of Bangladesh is at the bottom.”