DHAKA: Bangladesh’s major opposition BNP, which boycotted Sunday’s normal elections swept by Sheikh Hasina’s celebration, on Monday demanded the cancellation of the “dummy election” and the prime minister’s resignation, questioning the accuracy of the voter turnout. To mobilise public assist for his or her calls for, the Bangladesh Nationalist Occasion introduced a two-day mass contact programme on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The celebration additionally renewed its demand for a recent election beneath a non-party polls-time authorities to ascertain a professional and accountable authorities.
Hasina’s Awami League celebration gained 223 seats within the 300-seat Parliament. Election was held for 299 seats The election to at least one seat can be held later as a result of demise of a candidate.
The primary opposition in Parliament, the Jatiya Occasion, obtained 11 seats, Bangladesh Kallyan celebration gained in a single constituency whereas impartial candidates got here out victorious in 62 seats. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and the Staff Occasion of Bangladesh gained one seat every.
Bangladesh’s Election Fee on Monday mentioned 41.8 per cent of the voters turned out to forged their votes.
“Based on the ultimate rely, the determine stands at 41.8 per cent,” Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal informed a information briefing at his workplace, including if anybody doubts the quantity “you’re most welcome to problem it”.
The BNP boycotted the elections and noticed a strike on Sunday.
Nazrul Islam Khan, one other BNP standing committee member, mentioned their celebration wished to ascertain a authorities elected by individuals’s vote and accountable to them.
“A free and honest election is important for that, and that did not occur yesterday. So, individuals have turned down this election. Everyone seems to be saying the voter turnout which was proven was faux,” he mentioned.
“So, BNP and different political events who’re on a motion for the restoration of democracy demand the speedy cancellation of the dummy election of January 7, resignation of Sheikh Hasina and formation of a polls-time non-party impartial authorities for holding a nationwide election,” Nazrul mentioned.
He additionally mentioned individuals’s possession of the state should be restored and all enforced disappearance, killing, and ghost circumstances should be stopped and other people should be shielded from his repressive regime.
“These at the moment are individuals’s calls for. We congratulate and thank individuals as they made sacrifices within the face of varied pressures and allurements and foiled the federal government’s evil efforts to point out an enormous turnout by taking them to the voting centres.
BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan mentioned the nation’s individuals unilaterally and spontaneously rejected Sunday’s election.
On behalf of the events that known as for boycotting the polls, he congratulated the individuals of the nation for turning down the election.
He additionally mentioned the federal government did not take voters to the polling stations regardless of varied threats and intimidation.
“There was no voting and election on January 7. What occurred was vote theft and vote rigging,” the BNP chief mentioned.
The celebration has been saying no election beneath the present authorities could be honest and credible.
The celebration additionally renewed its demand for a recent election beneath a non-party polls-time authorities to ascertain a professional and accountable authorities.
Hasina’s Awami League celebration gained 223 seats within the 300-seat Parliament. Election was held for 299 seats The election to at least one seat can be held later as a result of demise of a candidate.
The primary opposition in Parliament, the Jatiya Occasion, obtained 11 seats, Bangladesh Kallyan celebration gained in a single constituency whereas impartial candidates got here out victorious in 62 seats. Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal and the Staff Occasion of Bangladesh gained one seat every.
Bangladesh’s Election Fee on Monday mentioned 41.8 per cent of the voters turned out to forged their votes.
“Based on the ultimate rely, the determine stands at 41.8 per cent,” Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal informed a information briefing at his workplace, including if anybody doubts the quantity “you’re most welcome to problem it”.
The BNP boycotted the elections and noticed a strike on Sunday.
Nazrul Islam Khan, one other BNP standing committee member, mentioned their celebration wished to ascertain a authorities elected by individuals’s vote and accountable to them.
“A free and honest election is important for that, and that did not occur yesterday. So, individuals have turned down this election. Everyone seems to be saying the voter turnout which was proven was faux,” he mentioned.
“So, BNP and different political events who’re on a motion for the restoration of democracy demand the speedy cancellation of the dummy election of January 7, resignation of Sheikh Hasina and formation of a polls-time non-party impartial authorities for holding a nationwide election,” Nazrul mentioned.
He additionally mentioned individuals’s possession of the state should be restored and all enforced disappearance, killing, and ghost circumstances should be stopped and other people should be shielded from his repressive regime.
“These at the moment are individuals’s calls for. We congratulate and thank individuals as they made sacrifices within the face of varied pressures and allurements and foiled the federal government’s evil efforts to point out an enormous turnout by taking them to the voting centres.
BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan mentioned the nation’s individuals unilaterally and spontaneously rejected Sunday’s election.
On behalf of the events that known as for boycotting the polls, he congratulated the individuals of the nation for turning down the election.
He additionally mentioned the federal government did not take voters to the polling stations regardless of varied threats and intimidation.
“There was no voting and election on January 7. What occurred was vote theft and vote rigging,” the BNP chief mentioned.
The celebration has been saying no election beneath the present authorities could be honest and credible.
