Polls under AL govt, nothing but a joke: Fakhrul
The talk about fair elections during the Awami League regime is nothing but a "joke", said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir yesterday.
Addressing a rally at Khilgaon, the BNP leader said the people of the country should get united to oust the government as it is destroying all the achievements of the country.
The event was organised by Dhaka south city unit of the party, protesting the recent attacks on its different programmes in the capital and demanding the release of their arrested leaders and activists,
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in an interview with BBC said free and fair elections are held only during the Awami League's regimes as she always fought for democracy and democratic rights in the country.
The BNP leader alleged that the ruling party leaders are siphoning off money from the country through corruption and that corruption takes place in the name of mega projects.
Fakhrul alleged that the ruling party men attacked BNP standing committee member Selima Rahman, vice chairman Barkat Ullah Bulu and executive committee member Tabith Awal with an intention to kill them. Read More...