DOT Desk: The Jatiya Oikyafront yesterday demanded that the Election Commission immediately scrap the “farcical election” and hold a fresh one under a nonpartisan interim government, reports The Daily Star.
“We reject this so-called result. At the same time, we demand fresh polls under a nonpartisan government,” Oikyafront leader Dr Kamal Hossain said at a press conference at his house in the capital.
Reading out a written statement, the eminent jurist said the news of “vote robbery” came from almost all constituencies. Responding to a query from a journalist, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said yesterday’s election proved that free and fair polls were not possible under a partisan government. “This also proves that our decision to boycott the parliamentary elections in 2014 was right.” Kamal said the Oikyafront would hold a meeting today to devise its strategy. The alliance’s ongoing movement “to institutionalise democracy” would continue, he added.
Apart from the Oikyafront, the Left Democratic Alliance, comprised of eight left-leaning parties, and the Ganasamhati Andolon rejected the polls and demanded a reelection.
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