AL holding one-sided seat-sharing election: BNP’s Khokon

Desk News :: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party joint secretary general Mahbub Uddin Khokon on Friday said that the Awami League government was holding a unilateral general election of seat sharing as it has no public support.

‘Why does not Awami League want to hold free and fair election? Because they have no public support. They’re arranging a lopsided election by destroying the election process over the 15 years,’ he said

Speaking at a discussion, the BNP leader also said that the media outlets were running news about how the government was walking on the path of one-sided polls by distributing seats before the voting.

‘How bankrupt a traditional political party like Awami League is that it’s moving ahead with the blueprint of such a election of seat sharing,’ he observed.

A faction of Gono Odhikar Parishad, led by Reza Kibria, organised the discussion titled ‘Protect Vote, Country and Democracy’ at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity, marking the Victory Day.

Khokon warned that Awami League would face serious consequences by holding the election of seat sharing. ‘They’ll play a game in the name of polls by sharing seats and they’ll end up fighting among themselves…there’ll be no benefit from doing this as the government will not be able to stay in power by holding such an election.’

He said the Awami League government has to go no matter what strategy it resorts to in the face of a movement of the country’s people.

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‘It’s not a movement of only BNP and any other political parties as it’s a united movement of people to restore their voting rights,’ the BNP leader observed.

He claimed that though the government and the Election Commission are making all efforts to hold the 12th parliamentary elections on January 7, there is no enthusiasm among the people about the polls.

Khokon said the government will not be able to avoid its fall as no dictators in the world could finally survive against the will of the people.Sheikh Hasina will not be able to survive either.’