BNP leaders now talking perplexed after boycotting polls: FM

City Desk :

Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Wednesday said BNP leaders are now talking perplexed after boycotting the last general elections.

“The BNP leaders are now realising what is the pain of not joining the polls,” he said while exchanging views with journalists at the Foreign Ministry here.

Mentioning that next upazila polls will be held without party symbols, the foreign minister said the candidacy for the upazila elections will be open and this is nothing new in Bangladesh.

In the past, he said, the upazila elections were held without party symbols, while only last time, the polls were held with party symbols.

“And definitely there should not be any undue interference in the elections and the people will vote as they like. We are not giving party nomination to anyone,” he said.