প্রকাশ: 25/08/2022
Drawing attention of the BNP leaders, Awami League General
Secretary and Road Transport Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (Aug 25)
said there is no alternative to elections to change the government.
"If you [BNP leaders] want to change the government, you must take party in elections," the ruling party leader said this while addressing a discussion marking the National Mourning Day here.
Swadhinata Chikitshak Parishad (SWACHIP) of Bangabandhu
Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) unit organized the function.
"I want to inform you clearly that if you want any
change in the government then you have to participate in the polls...it is not
possible to change the government without holding polls," Quader said,
drawing the attention of BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul.
Chaired by convener of SWACHIP BSMMU unit Prof Dr Abu Nasar
Rizvi, the discussion was also addressed, among others, by Bangladesh Medical
Association President Dr Mostafa Jalal Mahiuddin, BSMMU Vice Chancellor
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Md Sharfuddin Ahmed, Awami League Health and Population
Affairs Secretary Dr Rokeya Sultana, SWACHIP President Dr M Iqbal Arsalan, its
Secretary General Dr Mohammad M A Aziz and Bangladesh Medical Association (BMA)
Secretary General Dr Ihtesamul Huq Chowdhury.
About the use of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) in the
elections, the ruling party leader said this technology has been used in
various elections of the local government, saying that even the EVM was used in
municipalities and city corporation polls. But anyone didn't arise any
question, he added.
"We want a free and fair election which would be free
from violence, forgery and rigging," he told the function.
Those who consider elections as a system of rigging or
forgery have no faith in EVM, said Quader, adding, "They sometimes demand
caretaker government for participating in polls. They also say that there will
be no elections under EVM."
"Why you did not come to the Election Commission
dialogue," Quader asked the BNP leaders, saying that the elections will be
held under the EC. BNP have to come in elections for their existence, he added.
"We will quit power if the people do not vote for us," he said, adding people are the source of power.
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