BNP senior leader Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury on Tuesday said their party will not join any talks with the current government and not even any election under it.

“BNP won’t participate in any election under this administration. Even, our party won’t go for any discussion with it because we had joined talks and elections earlier, and the people of Bangladesh know the outcomes,” he said.

Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader also said their party will take part in the national election if it is held under a neutral caretaker government and discussions can be held only under it. “Before the formation of a neutral government, there’s no scope for any discussion.”

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‘Antare Moma Shaheed Zia’, a platform of BNP arranged the programme at the Jatiya Press Club on communal harmony in the country.

Khosru, a BNP standing committee member, said there is no government now in Bangladesh as no political party is now running the country with people’s mandates.

“Some corrupt politicians, businessmen and government officials have created a regime with their combined efforts and they snatched the rights of people of Bangladesh,” he alleged.

The BNP leader said the current regime even ‘snatched’ people’s rights to practice their religions after ‘taking away’ the voting rights, freedom of expression, press freedom, and the rule of law.

“They (AL) do the exact opposite of what they say. They talk about communal harmony, but they ruined the puja festival of the Hindu community, creating confusion and mistrust in society. Their activities have tarnished the country’s image and made our heads bow to the world,” he said.

The BNP leader said the constitution of Bangladesh has enshrined all citizens’ right to practise the rituals of their own religions. “We won’t allow communal harmony to be ruined in Bangladesh.”

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He alleged that the government is not willing to punish those involved in the recent communal violence in the country. “Rather, they’re trying to oppress the opposition leader and activists by implicating them in the incidents.”

Khorsu said over 3,000 people of the Hindu community have been subjected to attacks and repression over the last nine years, but no trial of any of the incidents was held.