Chunnu: JaPa is not quitting polls

City Desk :
Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu on Tuesday said they have come forward to join the next national election scheduled for January 7, but not to quit it.

“I can tell you one thing clearly that the Jatiya Party is here to contest in the polls. The Jatiya Party did not come here to quit,” he told reporters, reports UNB.

Chunnu said he had no scope to make any comment on what Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, noting that it is up to her whether she believes them or not.

He said there is no reason to quit the election if the Election Commission and the government ensure an environment that creates confidence among the voters.

His comments came amid reports in a section of the media that the prime minister was not sure whether JaPa, the main opposition in parliament, would keep its word and stay in the electoral race.

Meanwhile, opposition leader and Jatiya Party Chief Patron Raushan Ershad met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Ganabhaban.