BNP chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday said his party wanted to run the country with all those parties that participated with them in the movement.
“We want to run the country (more or less) with those with whom we carried out the movement,” he said while talking to reporters in front of BNP’s Gulshan office after visiting several polling centres in the capital.
He expressed confidence that his party will win the historic election.
Asked how many seats they expect to win, Tarique replied: “We are optimistic that we will win enough constituencies so that we can govern the country well.”
He also stated that his party would accept the results if the election was fair, and free from dispute. “But there is a condition -- the election must be impartial and peaceful.”
He also raised concerns about reports in the media: “We are seeing some unwanted incidents and the way people are being misled. This will not be accepted by anyone.”
Asked about a possible delay in announcing the election results, the BNP chairman said that in previous elections, results were declared within a specific timeframe and it is expected that the Election Commission will do the same this time.