Govt plans to hold another stage-managed polls: BNP

Staff Reporter :
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Monday said the government is preparing a plan to hold another ‘stage-managed’ election for retaining in power.
“The government has already destroyed the electoral system in the
country. But this time their ill motive tactics won’t happen. The country’s people have woken up and they want to exercise their right to franchise,” Mirza Fakhrul said while speaking at an extended meeting of the Thakurgaon district unit BNP at his local residence.
He said the ruling party is against the caretaker government as it knows it will face a debacle in a fair and credible election.
The caretaker government is the only solution in the current culture of Bangladesh as the political parties in Bangladesh do not trust each other, he said.
 Caretaker system is needed to overcome the political crisis and have a fair and inclusive election.
The BNP leader alleged that the government has been carrying out false campaigns and indulging in various misdeeds to divert the people’s democratic movement, demanding the restoration of the caretaker government system and rights of people and the resignation of this government, to a different direction.
He urged the government to refrain from conducting false campaigns against BNP.
The BNP secretary general alleged that the government was behind the communal attacks on the Kadiyani community in Panchagarh.
“This happened with the direct and indirect backing of the government. The government must shoulder the responsibility for the incident,” he said.