Whitepaper on vote irregularities planned: Moudud

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaking at a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday demanding fresh parliamentary election.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir speaking at a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club on Wednesday demanding fresh parliamentary election.
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UNB, Dhaka :
BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Wednesday said their party will present a whitepaper on the ‘irregularities’ of the 11th parliamentary election.
Speaking at a human chain programme, he also called upon BNP leaders and activists to wage a united movement to force the government to hold a fresh and credible election within the next six months.
“The new parliament which is going into session doesn’t represent people.
 It’s also not formed with people’s votes. We’ll come up with a whitepaper based on what happened during the election (held on Dec 30),” the BNP leader said. He further said, “In the whitepaper, you’ll see how people lost their voting rights in the election as only five to seven percent people could go to polling stations. The rest voters were not allowed to go there. People had no relation with the election as the government carried out it by the administration, police and members of other law enforcement agencies.”
BNP arranged the human chain programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club protesting the start of the maiden session of the new Parliament. Moudud, a BNP standing committee member, said they have got stunned and surprised as the way the election was held. “We never expected to watch such an election.”
Mentioning that they have already turned down the election results, he demanded that a fresh and fair election be held immediately under a neutral government. “If a free and fair election is held, we’ll be able to see a functional parliament, and people will get back their voting rights,” the BNP leader added.
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