The BNP will gain no benefit in dreaming for the restoration of a caretaker government, says Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud.
The election will be held under the Election Commission during the present government, in line with the constitution like all other democratic countries across the world, he said on Friday.
The minister was talking to reporters before joining the 11th biennial conference of the Entomological Society at the Agricultural Research Council’s auditorium in Dhaka’s Khamarbari area.
“If BNP makes ill attempts to create chaos in the name of a movement, then it will be resisted taking the people with us,” he said.
About BNP's demand for a caretaker government, Hasan said that no government resigns before the election in democratic countries like India, Japan, Australia, Europe and even the USA.
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He added: "The BNP tried to thwart the 2014 election but failed. In 2018, it also raised the same demand, but finally participated in the general election forging an alliance of many parties and secured only five seats in the parliament.
“So, I would like to tell them to prepare for the next election without making useless rhetoric."
Asked about BNP’s possible movement to overthrow the government, the joint general secretary of the Awami League said: “We have been hearing about the movement for the fall of the government for the last 13 years.”
“If they try to create chaos, carry out arson violence or burn people in the name of the movement as they did before, it will be resisted taking the people with us,” he continued.
At the conference, the minister stressed the need for saving the agricultural lands in the country.
"The arable lands should not be lost due to unplanned urbanization and the construction of structures everywhere in unplanned ways. Bangladesh has multiplied its crop production due to agricultural research. “This trend must continue on the path of development,” he observed.
