'BNP rejects EC to create chaos'
The main opposition BNP rejected the new Election Commission to create a volatile situation in the country's political arena, said Environment and Forests Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud yesterday.
“BNP introduced the politics of denial and confrontation in Bangladesh. Its present stance on the EC is nothing but a reiteration.
“(BNP Chairperson) Khaleda Zia would like the Election Commission only if she herself proposed the names,” he said.
The minister was addressing a press conference at the ministry yesterday on his participation in a recent climate change expedition to Antarctica.
BNP does not actually believe in consultation but in power at gunpoint and that is the way the party was formed, he said, adding, “I hope BNP will refrain from confrontation and change its mind.”
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