‘Entire world recognises smear campaign against BNP as front for one-sided election’: Rizvi

UNB :
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the current Election Commission (EC) is working as a “puppet of the government” to hold a lopsided election in the country.

Speaking at a virtual press briefing, he maintained however that the country’s people have united to resist the one-sided election and oust the current Awami League government.

“The spineless and puppet Election Commission is vigorously trying to implement the Awami election schedule,” the BNP leader said.

He alleged that the ruling party leaders and workers along with pro-Awami League members of police, RAB and detectives have swapped like hyenas on those who have been carrying out the movement across the country for restoration of people’s voting rights.

The BNP leader alleged that opposition leaders and activists are being harassed and tortured to foil the ongoing movement which has spread across the country like sparks braving all obstacles, to end the dangerous deadlock in politics and to realise the demand for the resignation of the Awami League government followed by holding the next election under a non-party neutral government.

“Bangladeshis are hearing the footsteps of the inevitable mass uprising. Amid the countdown to the fall of an autocratic oppressor, evil efforts are on to conduct another one-sided and stage-managed election,” he observed.

The BNP leader said law enforcers continue raiding the houses of BNP leaders and workers all over the country, besides attacking their houses and business institutions to spread panic.