“As long as Hasina retains power, every election in Bangladesh will involve extensive irregularities, making the much-anticipated level-playing field a distant dream.”
Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ainjibi Forum (BJAF), a body of pro-BNP lawyers, yesterday alleged that the “unelected” government has illegally detained 21,835 BNP men since October 28 to foil the party’s movement for restoring democracy and people’s right to vote.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Presidium Member Abdur Razzaque’s statement that BNP leaders were offered release from jail if their party took part in the January 7 national election is his own.
BNP on Monday said senior ruling party leader and Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque’s comments on the jailed BNP leaders have exposed that the political violence over BNP’s October 28 grand rally and subsequent arrests and jailing of opposition leaders was a premeditated plan by Prime Minister
BNP leaders release from jail if they join polls: BNP leaders currently in jail were offered release if they participated in the January 7 national election, said Awami League Presidium Member and Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque.