Staff Reporter :
The BNP has requested the Election Commission (EC) to hold free, fair and impartial Union Parishad (UP) polls that will begin from March 22. The party has also objected to holding the UP polls under the party banner.
A four-member delegation of the party led by its Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed paid a visit to the EC Secretariat on Sunday and raised the issue. They held a meeting with EC Secretary Sirajul Islam and handed over a letter.
In the letter, the BNP said that the party-based UP polls may damage social bonds at the grassroots level. “Political violence and conflict may spread to families, villages and localities following such polls.”
However, the party leaders said that they would join the polls despite the EC’s rigidity on its decision. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Rizvi Ahmed said that holding UP polls under party banner is illogical. “It will create a disorder in society.”
He also said though their party fears that the UP polls will be held unilaterally like other local body polls held in the past, BNP is going to join it for the sake of democracy.
Earlier in the morning, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir talking to reporters at the party’s Nayapaltan office said that they had sent a letter to the EC voicing their objection to party-based UP polls. “It won’t help flourish democracy. Instead, it will affect the social bonds.”
The BNP leader alleged that the EC has decided to hold the polls under party banner only to help the ruling party. He said the government is trying to cement one-party rule in the country by establishing its control over all the institutions. “The consequence of it won’t be good.”
The BNP has requested the Election Commission (EC) to hold free, fair and impartial Union Parishad (UP) polls that will begin from March 22. The party has also objected to holding the UP polls under the party banner.
A four-member delegation of the party led by its Joint-Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed paid a visit to the EC Secretariat on Sunday and raised the issue. They held a meeting with EC Secretary Sirajul Islam and handed over a letter.
In the letter, the BNP said that the party-based UP polls may damage social bonds at the grassroots level. “Political violence and conflict may spread to families, villages and localities following such polls.”
However, the party leaders said that they would join the polls despite the EC’s rigidity on its decision. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Rizvi Ahmed said that holding UP polls under party banner is illogical. “It will create a disorder in society.”
He also said though their party fears that the UP polls will be held unilaterally like other local body polls held in the past, BNP is going to join it for the sake of democracy.
Earlier in the morning, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir talking to reporters at the party’s Nayapaltan office said that they had sent a letter to the EC voicing their objection to party-based UP polls. “It won’t help flourish democracy. Instead, it will affect the social bonds.”
The BNP leader alleged that the EC has decided to hold the polls under party banner only to help the ruling party. He said the government is trying to cement one-party rule in the country by establishing its control over all the institutions. “The consequence of it won’t be good.”
