The ruling Awami League-led 14-party alliance yesterday said there was no diplomatic pressure on the government over midterm polls.
The alliance spokesperson and Awami League Presidium Member Mohammad Nasim made the statement while briefing the media after a meeting of the ruling party-led alliance at Dhanmondi in Dhaka yesterday afternoon.
“The issue on midterm polls is a rumour which has been created by the media. No discussion is going on in Awami League and the 14-party alliance over holding any midterm polls,” Nasim said.
He said the next election would be held in 2019 under Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s leadership.
The senior Awami League leader also thanked India for implementing the Land Boundary Agreement.
In the meeting, the 14-party alliance chalked out a three-day programme to observe the 40th death anniversary of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
The programmes include paying homage at Bangabandhu’s grave at Tungipara in Gopalganj on August 12, arranging a discussion at Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh on August 13, and placing wreaths at Bangabandhu Memorial Museum at Dhanmondi Road 32 in Dhaka on August 15.
Nasim urged all the leaders and activists to observe the programmes with due respect.
The decision about mourning programmes on Bangandhu’s 40th death anniversary was taken in a meeting of the 14-party meeting chaired by Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal General Secretary Sharif Nurul Ambia at the same venue in Dhanmondi.
Meanwhile, in the evening in a rally the Awami League central leaders said the conspirators and killers of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman failed to destroy the country’s democracy.
Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) organised the programme at the historic Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital.
Chaired by DSCC Mayor Sayeed Khokon the rally was also addressed by Awami League Presidium Member and Industry Ministry Minister Amir Hossain Amu, General Secretary and Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Joint General Secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif, and Dhaka North City Corporation Mayor Annisul Huque.
The speakers urged the countrymen to get organised to fight the dark forces who fought against the liberation of the country in 1971.
The Awami League leaders also urged everybody not to create any debate over Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib.
The leaders from the rally vowed to materialise the dream of Bangabandhu’s Sonar Bangla.