BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday alleged that the government has again started a game in the name of election ahead of the upcoming national polls.
"People now donât have the right to vote. We couldn't cast our votes in 2014 and in 2018. As the election is approaching, the Awami League government has started indulging in the election game again,â he said.
The BNP leader made the remarks while speaking at a rally of Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal in front of the partyâs Nayapaltan central office protesting the price hikes in essentials and âterribleâ loadshedding.
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Thousands of leaders and activists of Sramik Dal joined the rally braving the inclement weather.
Fakhrul said a fair and credible election is crucial for the country to restore democracy. âThere is a need to arrange a free and fair election under a neutral non-partisan government. The entire nation is united for arranging the next polls under a neutral government.â
He said the countryâs people will not allow the ruling party to hold the election without a non-partisan caretaker government.
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The BNP leader said the government must resign, dissolve parliament and hand over power to a neutral caretaker government, creating a scope for holding the next polls in a fair and credible manner. âThereâs no other alternative to it.â
He said the Awami League government has taken away all the rights of the common people in a very planned way by staying in power for 14 years by force.
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âThe labourer brothers, who have gathered here, are being denied fair wages and theyâre badly struggling for lack of employment opportunities. But those who are in power and those who are with them are indulging in plundering and making money illegally. Theyâre siphoning off their ill-gotten money abroad from the country,â Fakhrul observed.
He called upon the workers to get united to take the movement initiated by BNP to the final stage for establishing a welfare state and ensuring their fair wages.