AL wants to keep BNP away from polls: Khaleda

Sensing consequence of the next parliamentary election, the ruling Awami League is hatching a conspiracy to keep BNP away from the polls, the party’s Chairperson Khaleda Zia alleged today.

“Awami League does not want BNP’s participation in the next general polls as it has learned of its consequence through a secret survey,” Khaleda said while addressing an Iftar hosted by Muktijjodha Dal in Dhaka this afternoon.

To meet its desire, the government is harassing BNP men – implicating them with politically motivated cases – in bid to brand them as anti-liberation forces, the former prime minister said.

“I am telling very clearly that no election will take place keeping BNP out of the process. The next general election must be held under a polls-time supportive government,” she said.

Pointing finger at the freedom fighters, Khaleda urged them to unite and wage a strong resistance to “save the country from the hands of the government’s misdeeds and mismanagement”.

The BNP chief said the tenure of the Awami League is coming to an end.