Staff Reporter:
Ganatantra Mancha, a platform of several opposition parties, on Tuesday turned down Sunday’s ‘one-sided’ election and announced to go for a greater movement with the demand for a fresh and ‘participa-tory’ election.
At a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU), the leaders of the platform also said the Elec-tion Commission deceived the country’s people by holding a farcical election and showing an inflated percent of voter turnout.
“The people and we rejected election. People will continue their movement against it and they will go for a greater movement based on their legitimized demand for a participatory election,” said Zonayed Saki, the chief coordinator of Ganosamhati Andolon,
He claimed that people refrained from casting votes on January 7 supporting the opposition’s ongoing movement and relying on their leadership.
