No polls under Hasina, says Khaleda

No polls under Hasina, says Khaleda

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday said the opposition would not allow the next general election to be held with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina remaining head of the polls-time government. "We will neither go to election under Hasina nor allow any election under her leadership," she said while addressing a convention of professionals in the capital. The election would not be fair if held under the incumbent political government, alleged the leader of the BNP-led 18-party opposition alliance.

"If we go to the election, BNP would be affected." She strongly criticised the Awami League for not accepting former chief justice KM Hasan as chief of caretaker government in 2007. "If you don't accept the election under KM Hasan, then why we would accept election under Hasina," said Khaleda in the convention. After a spell of uncertainty due to cancellation of booking, pro-BNP professionals finally began their convention at Bangabandhu International Convention Centre (BICC) this afternoon and Khaleda arrived at the venue around 4:15pm. Amid a ban on political gatherings, the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) allowed the organisers — Bangladesh Sammilito Peshajibi Parishad — to hold the programme ...

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