The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Monday said that democracy-loving people would boycott the forthcoming upazila parishad elections slated for May 8 as they boycotted the January 7 general elections.聽聽
鈥楶eople cannot change the government by voting now and the Awami League government has snatched the voting rights of people,鈥� BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said, while distributing leaflets with a call to boycott the upazila parishad elections in Banglamotor area of 鈥嬧�媡he capital.
As the Awami League is in power for the past 17 to 18 years without voting, money is being smuggled out of the country, he alleged.聽
Banks have been emptied and the price of every commodity has sky rocketed with the people being unable to buy the most essential commodities like food, he said.
鈥楾his government is sitting in power by force while people are imprisoned,鈥� he said, adding that BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia is also imprisoned.
鈥楽o the people of the country rejected the January 7 dummy election; 95 per cent people rejected that election. This government wants to hold yet another dummy election, upazila election,鈥� Rizvi said.
He alleged that the government is resorting to different tricks to justify their stay in power. But those who believe in democracy will boycott this upazila election, said the BNP leader.
