BNP won’t join upazila polls under current govt: Moyeen Khan

BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Wednesday said BNP never told that they won join election, rather they said they won participate in staged, one-sided, farce and deceptive  polls under the current regime.

"The forthcoming upazila polls will not be very different from the previous elections. So, there is no possibility of BNP to contest the upazila polls,"  he said after visiting Jubo Dal central committees former vice-president SM Jahangir at his Uttara residence. SM Jahangir Uttara residence recently freed from jail.

"Awami Leagues decision not to allow party symbol in upazila polls has proved that AL itself acknowledges that the people of the country have rejected the oat symbol. Because, AL drowned boat themselves fearing defeat in upazila polls", he said.
Moyeen Khan, a BNP standing committee member, said," We want a free, fair and participatory polls. BNP had formed government several times by winning polls with people mandate. We don believe in ruling people but doing politics to serve them." The government will decide whether they will give back people the right to vote or not, he said.

Replying to a question about the outcomes of BNPs movement, Dr Moyeen said, "If there were no outcomes of BNPs struggle, why 95 per cent people boycotted the January 7 dummy election?"

AL is doing politics to stay in ower while BNP to serve people. BNP never thinks of grabbing power following illegal way which AL did, he added.    —UNB