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No EC can hold fair polls under Awami League government: Mirza Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has observed that no election commission can hold a  neutral credible election if Awami League stays in power.

He said: “Our experience in the last two elections is that if Awami League stays in power, no commission can conduct a credible and impartial election.”

He came up with the claim while talking to reporters at BNP Chairperson’s Gulshan office on Sunday.

Fakhrul said after boycotting the 2014 polls, they took part in the 2018 election based on the prime minister’s promises to hold an acceptable election.

“But it was seen that the ballots were stuffed the night before the voting day. Considering these things, how do you (journalists) expect BNP to participate in a dialogue with the Election Commission? What will EC do? They have no power to do anything,” he added.

Fakhrul said whether or not the election will be fair and acceptable depends on the nature of the election-time government. 

The BNP leader’s comments came as the EC began talks with the registered political parties on Sunday morning to discuss issues relating to the 12th general election.

Fakhrul said the  people do not want  to see any election under the Election Commission or under the current government.

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