UNB, Dhaka :
BNP on Sunday night claimed that visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said her country expects a fair, acceptable, neutral and inclusive national election will be held in Bangladesh.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the claim while briefing reporters after a nearly 45-minute meeting between the Indian minister and a seven-member BNP delegation, led by its chairperson Khaleda Zia, at a city hotel.
“She (Sushma) hoped that a fair, neutral, acceptable election will be held here with the participation of all political parties,” Fakhrul said.
He said the Indian minister also expected that the Election Commission will be able to discharge its duties for holding a neutral election.
As a democratic country, India wants a democratic environment and democratic practice to persist in other countries, especially in its neighbouring ones, the BNP leader quoted Sushma as saying.
He said the Indian minister told them that her country
BNP on Sunday night claimed that visiting Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said her country expects a fair, acceptable, neutral and inclusive national election will be held in Bangladesh.
BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the claim while briefing reporters after a nearly 45-minute meeting between the Indian minister and a seven-member BNP delegation, led by its chairperson Khaleda Zia, at a city hotel.
“She (Sushma) hoped that a fair, neutral, acceptable election will be held here with the participation of all political parties,” Fakhrul said.
He said the Indian minister also expected that the Election Commission will be able to discharge its duties for holding a neutral election.
As a democratic country, India wants a democratic environment and democratic practice to persist in other countries, especially in its neighbouring ones, the BNP leader quoted Sushma as saying.
He said the Indian minister told them that her country
wants the government in each neighbouring country to be elected democratically.
Khaleda discussed with Sushma the country’s current political situation, next election and some problems in this regard, the BNP leader said, claiming that the meeting was held in a very cordial atmosphere and the two leaders focused on strengthening ties between the two nations further.
