Jukta Front also against EVMs in national polls

Bikalpa Dhara Bangladesh (BDB) president AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury on Friday said their alliance Jukta (United) Front will resist if any undemocratic and unconstitutional force tries to come to power through a plot.

“We’ll resist if any undemocratic and unconstitutional government wants to come to power through a conspiracy,” he said, reports UNB.

B Chowdhury, also a former president, said this while speaking at a post-Eid reunion organised by the BDB’s Dhaka north city unit at its Kuril Biswa Road office in the capital.

He also warned the incumbent government that it will be forced to accept the demand for holding the next polls under a neutral administration.

The BDB chief further said the cabinet must be dissolved before the next general elections and the army will have to be deployed one month before the elections until 7-10 days after the polls.

He also opposed the election commission’s (EC) decision to use electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the national elections. “It won’t be allowed to take the vote through EVMs.”

B Chowdhury said Jukta Front will not allow anyone to install an autocratic government as it is working for ensuring a politics of balance.

He said their alliance wants to forge a greater unity with all political parties, except anti-liberation ones, to ensure people’s justified rights.