No repetition of Jan 5 election: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir today warned that his party will not allow the ruling quarter to hold an election similar to that of January 5, 2014.

“Those who are thinking of holding a January 5-like election are living in fool’s paradise,” Fakhrul said while addressing a programme marking the death anniversary of Ziaur Rahman at the Institute of Engineers in Dhaka this afternoon.

The ruling Awami League is campaigning for the election while BNP leaders and activists are being harassed with politically motivated lawsuits, he said.

Fakhrul alleged, the government wants to keep BNP in the sidelines from the election process.

The Awami League has snatched people’s right to vote freely, the BNP leader said, calling upon all to turn around and force the government to hold the next parliamentary election in free, fair and credible manner.