Staff Reporter:
BNP on Wednesday urged the political parties and individuals who submitted nomination forms to stay away from a “stage-managed” national election billed for January 7 to avert public wrath.
Speaking at a virtual press briefing, party senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi also called upon the public servants not to cooperate the Awami League government in holding the lopsided elec-tion.
“Those who are either participating in the staged election or are directly or indirectly helping in it, I, on behalf of BNP, call upon them to come back if you have even the slightest sense of patriotism, humani-ty, any conscience. Don’t be the successor of Mir Jafar and don’t be subjected to the hatred of 18 crore freedom-seeking people,” he said.
The BNP leader also urged those who have submitted nomination papers to withdraw those and boycott the election. “Otherwise, people will not forgive you for this unpardonable crime. Your name will be written in the pages of history next to traitors and Mir Jafar.”
He also requested the voters to refrain from exercising their right to vote. “No officer or employee of the Republic should cooperate in the false election. “Try to pass the test of patriotism and faith.”
Rizvi said the ruling Awami League has now become a party of hiring people from other parties.
He, however, said the government could not hire any genuine BNP leaders by alluring them with money and different benefits. “They could only hire some people who were expelled and abandoned by BNP in exchange of money.”
