Chief adviser assures polls by December: Fakhrul

NN Online:

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said the interim government is working to hold the next national election by December.

He made this disclosure while talking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus at the state guesthouse Jamuna on Monday.

“The chief adviser and those who were with him assured us that they will arrange the election very soon. He [Prof Yunus] has also said they are working to arrange the election by December this year,” said the BNP secretary general.

Mirza Fakhrul led a three-member BNP delegation during the 90-minute meeting with the chief adviser at state guest house Jamuna on Monday evening.

The BNP leader said his party hopes that the government will come up with a roadmap to arrange the election by December next as per their and the people’s expectation.

Replying to a question when the government would announce the roadmap, he said the government will determine it. “Probably, they will say something about it by February 15,” said Fakhrul.

Two other members of the BNP delegation are BNP Standing Committee members Salahuddin Ahmed and Hafiz Uddin Ahmed.

On Sunday afternoon, another BNP delegation, led by Standing Committee Member Nazrul Islam Khan, met Chief Election Commissioner AMS Nasir Uddin and other election commissioners at the Election Commission office.