UNB, Dhaka :
BNP on Friday opposed Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda’s proposal for using electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the next polls saying it is an ill-motivated plan.
“The Prime Minister’s son and one of her adviser a couple of days ago said the EVM will be used in the next parliamentary elections. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) echoed the same yesterday (Thursday). The CEC’s comment is the reflection of fulfilling the government’s desire,” said BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Speaking at a discussion, he further said “We think the Commission’s move to bring the EVM issue in the limelight now is politically motivated.”
The BNP leader came up with the comments at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office.
Earlier on Thursday, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda at a programme said the EVM will be used in the next parliamentary polls if all the political parties reach a consensus in this regard.
He also said, the EC will sit with political parties and other stakeholders this year and seek their opinions over the EVM use in the next general election, to be held late December 2018 or early January 2019, before taking any decision.
Mentioning that EVM is a faulty election system, Rizvi said the ruling party is interested in it to rig votes as the party has lost popularity.
He claimed that though some countries, including India, introduced the EVM, they later abandoned it as the system can easily be tampered.
The BNP leader voiced grave concern over the soaring prices of daily essentials.
He alleged that a syndicate belonging to the ruling party is controlling the market and hiking the prices of rice, pulses and other essential commodities due to the government’s inaction.
Rizvi said the prices of all the essential commodities have already doubled within a week ahead of Ramadan, though the Commerce Minister is saying they will keep the market under their control during the fasting month.
He accused the government of giving the pro-ruling party business syndicate a scope to make money ahead of Ramadan by loosing the market control mechanism.
The BNP leader urged the government to take effective measures for keeping the prices of essentials within the reach of commoners.
Rizvi slammed that the government for what he said growing incidents of rape and alleged that ruling party men and the sons of some influential persons are unleashing violence against women for the prevailing culture of impunity.
BNP on Friday opposed Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda’s proposal for using electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the next polls saying it is an ill-motivated plan.
“The Prime Minister’s son and one of her adviser a couple of days ago said the EVM will be used in the next parliamentary elections. The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) echoed the same yesterday (Thursday). The CEC’s comment is the reflection of fulfilling the government’s desire,” said BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.
Speaking at a discussion, he further said “We think the Commission’s move to bring the EVM issue in the limelight now is politically motivated.”
The BNP leader came up with the comments at a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office.
Earlier on Thursday, Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda at a programme said the EVM will be used in the next parliamentary polls if all the political parties reach a consensus in this regard.
He also said, the EC will sit with political parties and other stakeholders this year and seek their opinions over the EVM use in the next general election, to be held late December 2018 or early January 2019, before taking any decision.
Mentioning that EVM is a faulty election system, Rizvi said the ruling party is interested in it to rig votes as the party has lost popularity.
He claimed that though some countries, including India, introduced the EVM, they later abandoned it as the system can easily be tampered.
The BNP leader voiced grave concern over the soaring prices of daily essentials.
He alleged that a syndicate belonging to the ruling party is controlling the market and hiking the prices of rice, pulses and other essential commodities due to the government’s inaction.
Rizvi said the prices of all the essential commodities have already doubled within a week ahead of Ramadan, though the Commerce Minister is saying they will keep the market under their control during the fasting month.
He accused the government of giving the pro-ruling party business syndicate a scope to make money ahead of Ramadan by loosing the market control mechanism.
The BNP leader urged the government to take effective measures for keeping the prices of essentials within the reach of commoners.
Rizvi slammed that the government for what he said growing incidents of rape and alleged that ruling party men and the sons of some influential persons are unleashing violence against women for the prevailing culture of impunity.
