Quader urges BNP to forget neutral caretaker govt. for polls

BNP should cooperate in the formation of a neutral election commission instead of bothering about an impartial caretaker government during the next general election, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday.
 
Quader was addressing virtually the triennial conference of Tongibari Upazila Awami League in Munshiganj district.
 
He said all affairs related to election are placed under the Election Commission which is empowered to take any action to make the balloting free and fair.
 
He said the election-time government carries out only routine duties and assist the EC in holding a peaceful free and fair election.
 
Quader trashed BNP leader Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's recent comment that people will vote for BNP to get rid of Awami League's misrule.
 
"The reality is that people have voted for Awami League to free them from BNP misrule," he said.
 
He said people are happy with the rule of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. "They will not allow them to be trapped by BNP again," he said.
 
Quader said voters have turned away from the BNP long ago and this has become clear in the recent by-elections and local government polls too.
 
Awami League presidium member Dr Abdur Razzak, organizing secretary Mirza Azam, liberation war affairs secretary Mrinal Kanti Das, legal affairs secretary Najibullah Hiru, MP Sagufta Yasmin Emily, among others, also addressed the council.