Accusing the ruling party of conspiring to rig vote, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday urged people to come out in groups and vote spontaneously on December 30 to protect their rights to franchise.
‘We’ll be there in the election battle firmly. People’s united strength can foil any evil motive of the autocratic ruler,’ she told reporters at a press conference at her Gulshan office, reports United News of Bangladesh.
Khaleda further said, ‘Those who snatched your voting rights, drove away your elected representatives through an evil design have no right to seek votes from people.’
She also urged people to resist together in a peaceful manner the ruling party’s plan to influence the municipal elections.
Khaleda renewed her demand for army deployment for peaceful holding of the elections.
