Main opposition BNP has urged the government officials to not get involved with the procedures for the “one sided” election and also urged the Election Commission to suspend the schedule.
“We urge all government officials to carry out their duties neutrally to serve the people and the country. Do not be used as tools for any person or party’s illegal intentions,” Salahuddin Ahmed, BNP’s joint secretary general, said in a video message.
Urging people to get united to force the government to step down, the opposition spokesperson said: “The international community does not want a one-sided election. A large section
of teachers has already expressed
their reservation about carrying out polls duty.”
Salahuddin alleged that the government wanted to hold “farcical polls” because it was scared of a “level playing field.”
Asking the EC to suspend the schedule, Salahuddin said: “Suspend
the election schedule immediately, otherwise you will have to face justice one day.”
The BNP leader claimed that on the first day of the ongoing 72-hour nationwide rail, road and waterway blockade, more than 217 had been injured, at least 103 bullet hit and over 300 opposition leaders and activists arrested.
Salahuddin has been maintaining communication with the media through video messages and press releases since November 30, when
BNP’s crisis-time spokesperson Ruhul Kabir Rizvi was arrested from the Nayapaltan office.
Designated opposition spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir,
also the acting secretary general of BNP, along with most of the senior opposition leaders, has been hiding to avoid arrest.
