UNB :
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Thursday said the upazila parishad election will be held in a free, impartial, fair and peaceful environment though BNP leaders are making confusing statements over the polls going beyond political etiquette.
“Bangladesh Awami League is determined to develop democratic culture.
Elections at different tiers of local government are immensely important for empowerment of people. Upazila Parishad elections will be held in a free, neutral, fair and peaceful environment,” he said.
Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said this in a statement sent to the media to protest the ‘false and fabricated’ remarks of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and its other leaders.
He alleged that BNP leaders are making confusing statements about the upazila elections, going beyond political etiquette.
“BNP as always has taken a stance against the elections and the country’s democracy.
That is why people have turned away from them,” said the AL leader.
Noting that Awami League had to take a strategic stance regarding the upazila election in the context of BNP’s an anti-election stance, he said Awami League is not allocating it’s symbol (Boat) this time.
“Awami League expects that persons, who are acceptable to the party (AL) and the people outside the party, would be elected,” said Quader.
He said Awami League has given strict organisational instructions so that ministers, MPs and party leaders can’t make any sort of interference in the upazila parishad elections.
Extensive electoral campaigns and spontaneous participation of the people are being noticed in the first phase upazila election, said the AL general secretary.
“When the people of the country are spontaneously participating in the elections, the BNP leaders are taking steps to question the country’s democratic system and elections as always. BNP wants to disrupt the electoral system and destroy the democratic process,” he said.
Quader said BNP leaders including BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir have been continuously lying.
