EC has no power to conduct fair polls: BNP

Staff Reporter :
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Sunday said that the Election Commission (EC) has no power to conduct national polls in a free, fair and conclusive manner.

“They have domesticated the Election Commission. So, there is no possibility of conducting fair election under this EC. They have no such power to do so. The people of this country have experienced these many times in the past times,” Mirza Fakhrul said.

He made the remarks at a council of Thakurgaon Sadar upazila BNP unit held at Kalibari Municipal Auditorium in Thakurgaon district.
The BNP leader, however, said that his party wants a free, fair and neutral election.

He reiterated that his party will not participate in any election under this government.
Mirza Fakhrul said that this government should hand over its power to a neutral government, and form a new Election Commission. Only then crisis in the country would be resolved, he added.
The BNP Secretary General urged all grassroots level leaders to be united in realizing these demands.
He alleged that the government has established a reign of terror in the country by using all state apparatus.
Thakurgaon district BNP President Taimur Rahman, Vice-President Foygam Ali, General Secretary Mirza Faisal Amin and Joint-General Secretary Obaidullah Masud were present at the event.