BNP will obviously join next polls: Quader

BNP will obviously participate in the next parliamentary elections, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said today.

“Otherwise, it will become politically bankrupt and there will be no existence of the party,” he said at a programme in Natore.

Speaking on the occasion of the death anniversary of deceased Awami League leader Abdul Jalil, the ruling party leader also assured everyone that the next parliamentary election “will be held in time”.

Some BNP leaders have recently spoken of boycotting the next election in succession to the rejection of the 2014 election. However, there it yet to be a concrete stand in this regard.

The party willingly came forward in reforming the incumbent Election Commission that took office this month. However, they criticised on the selection of the election commissioners.

On this note, Obaidul Quader in today’s programme said: “The present Election Commission is perfectly capable of carrying out a free and fair election”.

“For performing their (election commission) duties independently, the commission will get all types of support from the election-time government,” said Obaidul.