Polls not acceptable if problems unresolved

Says Mirza Fakhrul

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said people will not accept if the next general election is held without resolving the 'ongoing political crisis', reports UNB. "Resolve the crisis first, and then arrange the election. If the election is held without solving the problem, it'll be the 2014-like one. The country's people won't accept such polls," he said. The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a discussion arranged by a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the Jatiya Press Club, marking the World Press Freedom Day.

Fakhrul said their party wants to join the next general election, but it has to be held under a non-party neutral election-time government.

He also set some conditions, including the release of their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail, dissolution of parliament, resignation of the Prime Minister, deployment of army and a level-paying field for all parties, for holding the 11th parliamentary polls in a credible and neutral manner. The BNP leader criticised the role of police in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls as they are arresting BNP leaders and activists and harassing them.

 

Polls not acceptable if problems unresolved

Says Mirza Fakhrul

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday said people will not accept if the next general election is held without resolving the ongoing political crisis, reports UNB. Resolve the crisis first, and then arrange the election. If the election is held without solving the problem, itll be the 2014-like one. The countrys people wont accept such polls, he said. The BNP leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a discussion arranged by a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) and Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) at the Jatiya Press Club, marking the World Press Freedom Day. Fakhrul said their party wants to join the next general election, but it has to be held under a non-party neutral election-time government. He also set some conditions, including the release of their chairperson Khaleda Zia from jail, dissolution of parliament, resignation of the Prime Minister, deployment of army and a level-paying field for all parties, for holding the 11th parliamentary polls in a credible and neutral manner. The BNP leader criticised the role of police in Gazipur and Khulna city corporation polls as they are arresting BNP leaders and activists and harassing them.