BNP demo tomorrow demanding cancellation of city polls results

After observing a day-long hartal, Bangladesh Nationalist Party announced to stage demonstrations in Dhaka city on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the results of Dhaka south and north city corporation elections, reports UNB.

BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the fresh programme at a press conference at BNP’s Naya Paltan central office on Sunday.

He said their party will stage demonstrations in all thanas of the capital on Tuesday.

The BNP leader said their programme is also meant for pushing their demand for the ‘restoration’ of democracy and for the release of their party chairperson Khaleda Zia.

Besides, Fakhrul said, their party’s two mayoral candidates--Tabith Awal and Ishraque Hossain-- will hold separate press conferences on Tuesday to disclose various ‘vote frauds’ with documents.

He claimed that people made their party’s hartal programme a success with their spontaneous support.

The BNP leader also thanked people to support their hartal programme announced within a short time.

He claimed that their party leaders and activists observed the hartal programme at different wards of the city while police arrested at least four of them.

Meanwhile, the dawn-to-dusk hartal (shutdown) enforced by BNP from 6:00am today in the capital was observed peacefully with a lukewarm public response.

Mirza Fakhrul called for the shutdown on Saturday evening. “We completely reject the election results … [and] call hartal for tomorrow (Sunday) … from 6:00am to 6:00pm in Dhaka city,” he said.

Jatiya Oikya Front, led by Kamal Hossain, extended its support to the BNP programme.

Awami League mayoral candidates Atiqul Islam and Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh won the mayoral race of Dhaka North City Corporation and Dhaka South City Corporation in Saturday’s election.