You can give election results fast as these are already fixed: Fakhrul to CEC
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the election commission has become an incompetent institution and it is ridiculous to compare the election of America with that of Bangladesh.
Bangladesh's chief election commissioner Nurul Islam had said, "We can announce elections results in five minutes whereas America can't do so in five days."
Responding to the CEC's claim, Mirza Fakhrul said, "You can give the election results fast as these are already fixed."
The BNP leader made these remarks at a protest rally in front of the National Press Club on Saturday morning.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party declared a two-day demonstration (Saturday and Sunday) demanding the cancellation of the bye-election results of Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 constituencies and protesting against the arrest of leaders and activists in false cases.
BNP's Dhaka Metropolitan North and South units leaders and activists joined the protest rally.
Speaking as the chief guest, Mirza Fakhrul condemned the arson attacks on buses on the day of the 12 November bye-elections.
He said BNP believed in democracy, not violence. He called for forging a national unity.
Fakhrul demanded withdrawal of cases in connection with the arson attack on buses, and cancellation of bye-election results of Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1.
BNP's Dhaka Metropolitan South unit president Habib-un-Nabi Sohel presided over the rally.
Convener of Dhaka-18 constituency election conducting sub-committee, Aman Ullah Aman, and leaders and activists of front organisations were present.
After casting his own vote in Dhaka-18 bye-election on Thursday, speaking to newsmen, CEC KM Nurul Huda said, "The US can't count votes in four to five days. We can do so in four to five minutes. America has to learn from us. We also have to learn good things from the US."
On Tuesday, Fakhrul told the government and the election commission to learn from the US president election. He made the remark at a press conference pointing out the roles of the government and the election commission in the elections of Dhaka-18 and Sirajganj-1 bye-elections.