Fakhrul: CEC a former Chhatra League leader

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has alleged that the newly-appointed Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) is a former president of a Dhaka University hall unit of Bangladesh Chhatra League. The BNP spokesperson made the remarks while speaking at a views exchange meeting with party leaders at Salam Rest House in Thakurgaon town on Friday afternoon. He also claimed that the ruling Awami League had appointed KM Nurul Huda as the CEC only to ensure their victory in the elections. Regarding a recent verdict by a Canadian court labelling the BNP as a terrorist organisation over the residency plea of a Swechchhasebak Dal activist to that country, Fakhrul said that the BNP had never subscribed to the politics of terror. "A Canadian court's judgement over the plea for a political asylum of an activist cannot change the political scenario in Bangladesh," he added.