Hindustan Surkhiyan Desk: BNP today hailed the Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) report over irregularities in the December 30 national election and said it caused the heartburn to both the government and the Election Commission.
“The ministers of the government and the Election Commission are failing to hide their faces as TIB has unveiled the absolute truth of vote rigging,” BNP Senior Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi Ahmed said today.
Speaking at a press conference at the party’s Nayapaltan central office in Dhaka, Rizvi said now their (govt and EC) efforts to hide their faces have gone in vain as people are informed of everything that took place the day before the election.
TIB, in its study on Tuesday, said electoral irregularities like stamping ballot papers the night before the polls and ballot stuffing by capturing booths on the election day took place in 47 out of 50 constituencies surveyed.
Rizvi also the spokesperson of BNP said that different international organisations have come up with reports on vote rigging in the December 30 national election while several democratic countries termed the election as questionable.
“They did not recognise the fake election, even they demanded investigation into the allegation of the vote rigging. The world leaders have also described the election as the worst in the history,” the BNP leader said.
Mentioning that the people sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence, Rizvi said they (people) will do the same if necessary, for the sake of their voting rights and the country’s democracy.
