Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud said BNP is afraid of EVM as the party wants to sustain the bad culture of vote-rigging and capture the voting centres at night.
He made the remarks after inaugurating the Islami Banking wing of Bangladesh Commerce Bank at a city hotel on Wednesday.
Bangladesh Commerce Bank Limited’s Chairman Rashid Ahmed presided over the programme while its Managing Director and CEO Tajul Islam, among others, spoke.
Hasan said that none can capture state power with muscle power. Those who do politics for the people never think to go to power by force.
It was BNP’s founder Ziaur Rahman who had captured the state power by force, he said.
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In contrast, he said, the Awami League has come to power with the mandate of the people.
“We won in the last three national elections and formed the government,” he added.
He said elections are being held across the globe through EVM including India, the United States, Germany, France, Australia even Malaysia.
If another party other than Awami League had proposed EVM, “I think BNP would have liked it.”