AL surveyed its debacle in municipal election: Khaleda

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Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday found the recent survey on upcoming municipal polls by ruling Awami League that indicated the party’s massive victory was a ‘survey of debacle’.
Khaleda made the remarks while inaugurating biennial council and election-2015 of a faction of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalist at auditorium of Supreme Court Bar Association in Supreme Court. This is for the first time BFUJ has to organise its council session outside the National Press Club.
Awami League joint general secretary Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif recently referring to a survey said that Awami League mayor candidates would win in 201 municipalities.
Khaleda said people are now eagerly waiting to cast vote for sheaf of paddy for BNP nominated mayoral candidates in the municipal polls.
‘Whatever survey is conducted is false and that would yield nothing,’ she said claiming that she knows about the result of the true survey and those indicate ruling party is destined to defeat.
She said the ruling party resorted to such tactic to legalise their corruption.
Khaleda claimed that the BNP would win bagging 80 per cent vote in the election if the election is held in free, fair and neutral manner .
She said it has been heard that journalists would not be allowed to enter to polling centers in December 30 local polls. She said if it is true then it is clear that their aim is to rig the poll.
She said the journalists must stay inside the polling centers and urged them to project the real picture inside the polling centers.
She said it would be proved for the third time that fair election did not take place under Awami League government and people did not accept ‘Hasina style’ and ‘Rakib style’ elections. She told the function to prove again that they are failed to hold fair election.
Khaleda urged all voters to go to polling centers and cast their votes saying win of sheaf of paddy is certain. She said people ensured victory sheaf of paddy again and again when the party contested in the elections.
The ruling party was finding out all kinds of tactics so that BNP did not contest in poll but this time they made mistake in the strategy, she said adding that they did not think BNP this time would come to election.
Through contesting the poll BNP has proved that it is an election-oriented party, wants to contest in the election and believe in free, fair and inclusive election. It does not believe in one-party election through stuffing ballot boxes to win own candidates, she added.
The former prime minister said earlier journalists had proved that fair election is not possible under Hasina and Rakib.
She said other commissioners in the commission are more sycophants of the government.
She urged the administration to remain neutral saying BNP has no division and dispute with them.
Source: New Age