‘Why should AL worry?’

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi blasted ruling Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader for remarking that ‘the next general election is a mere formality for AL’.

He said, Obaidul Quader’s remarks indicated that his party wants to hold another election without any voters.

‘We’ve won the hearts of the people through our development work and achievements. Victory in the polls is a mere formality,’ Quader claimed at a party rally on Thursday.

“Why should AL worry over next general election? They have already determined the results,” Rizvi said at a briefing held at the BNP's party office on Sunday.

Rizvi said the ruling party leaders’ words made it clear that they want to hold yet another election like that of 5 January.

He also came down heavily on the finance minister for his comment that the election would be under the supervision of an interim election-time government consisting of current members of parliament.

AL has already prepared their master plan to hold a non-participatory election, Rizvi added.

He, however, expressed hope that people would not let AL hold such an election yet again.

BNP leader Abdus Salam, Ataur Rahman Dhali, Abdus Salam Azad, Taiful Islam, Belal Ahmed and Aminul Islam, among others, were present at the briefing.