BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that the ballot boxes were stuffed at night even in the one-sided election. 

“The lopsided election is being held today. There are no voters at the polling stations,” he said.

Speaking at a brief rally near Kurmitola Bus Stand area, he said people have rejected the dummy election. 

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“People are not going to polling stations. They (AL) stuffed the ballot boxes in this one-sided election late at night to show fake turnouts,” Rizvi said. 

He said their ongoing movement will continue until the fall of illegal Awami League government.

The BNP leader urged the country’s people to peacefully observe the hartal and make it a success.

Later, Rizvi along with some leaders and activists brought out a procession in support of the hartal. 

The voting of the 12th parliamentary election began at 8am today (Sunday) amid a boycott by major opposition parties.

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Meanwhile, BNP and like-minded opposition parties enforced a 48-hour hartal at 6am Saturday to protest the 12th parliamentary election. The hartal will end at 6 am on Monday.

The BNP along with nearly three dozen opposition political parties have been carrying out a simultaneous movement since December 10 last year to force the current government to quit and hold the 12th parliamentary election under a non-party neutral administration.

Many senior leaders, including BNP’s secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, were arrested while many others went into hiding in the face of a crackdown by the law enforcers.

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However, BNP and like-minded parties enforced countrywide blockades for 23 days in 12 phases and hartals for five days since October 29 amid incidents of violence like setting fire to public vehicles and passenger trains.