M Humayun Kabir: The upcoming national election would be a great challenge for the ruling Awami League, not for BNP, said Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Secretary General of BNP.
“People will not cast vote for Awami League. Sensing absolute debacle, it is now resorting to an evil plot by using Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the election,” Fakhrul said, reports The Daily Star.
The current parliament will have to be dissolved and the present Election Commission will have to be reformed, he said, adding that the next general election will have to be held under a non-party neutral caretaker government with deployment of army.
“The next general election will not be acceptable if BNP does not participate in it,” he said while addressing a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka yesterday noon.
Responding to a query, Fakhrul said the party will go for a tough movement at an appropriate time to ensure release of its imprisoned Chairperson Khaleda Zia.
“The government will have to free our party chief from jail first to create a level playing field for all political parties in the election,” he said replying to another query.
The government is letting policemen loose against BNP leaders and activists to arrest them in a bid to make their plot a success, the BNP leader alleged.
“I believe that people would take to the street protesting against the government’s indulgence in misdeeds and mismanagement, and then unseating of the government will be ensured.”
Referring to Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader’s recent remark that BNP’s political existence will be at stake if it does not join the next general election, Fakhrul said BNP will not get destroyed under any circumstance as it is a favourite political party among the people of Bangladesh.
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