BNP 'no' to polls under Hasina-led govt

Dhaka, June 22 (bdnews24.com) ? Turning down the government's latest offer for talks on the constitution amendment issue, the BNP has said they will not take part in the next election under any interim government.

Addressing a discussion at the National Press Club on Wednesday, party's standing committee member Moudud Ahmed said "The present prime minister will be the head of that government, so we don't want any government other than the caretaker provision,".

He alleged, "The government's invitation is fake and just to confuse the people."

Moudud, a former law minister, said, "The government has annulled the caretaker government system out of fear of losing the next election."

"It [the government] has brushed aside all possibilities of discussion by giving cabinet approval to the recommendations of the charter review committee."

On June 20, the cabinet approved the 51 recommendations, including annulment of caretaker provision, of the constitution review committee, paving way for parliament to pass them into a law.

Declining the remarks of committee co-chair Suranjit Sengupta and law minister Shafique Ahmed that there was still scfope for discussion, the senior BNP leader said their remarks were just a farce.

He also protested the electronic voting system.

BNP joint secretary general Aman Ullah Aman and party's international affairs secretary Nazim Uddin Alam also spoke at the discussion.

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