DE Online Report
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi claimed on Friday that a neighboring country is directly meddling in Bangladesh’s affairs, assisting the ruling Awami League to hold a “dummy election” on January 7.
Talking to reporters while distributing leaflets in the city’s Dhanmondi area, he also called upon the country’s people to boycott the stage-managed election.
‘The prime minister yesterday (Thursday) said that conspiracies were going on in the country and abroad regarding the election. It’s you who are conspiring against the election. A neighbouring country is directly interfering to hold a dummy election in Bangladesh,’ the BNP leader said.
He, however, did not mention India by name.
Rizvi also accused the government of trying to turn Bangladesh into a vassal state by sacrificing the country’s independence and sovereignty only to retain power. ‘But people won’t let their blueprint to succeed.’
He emphasized that January 7 event in Bangladesh wasn’t an election but rather a mere distribution of seats—a theatrical representation. Asserting the ownership of the nation belonging to the people, the BNP leader criticized the government’s attempt to sidestep public opinion by organizing a superficial election, aiming to deceive foreign entities. He expressed confidence that regardless of the government’s conspiracies, their efforts would be futile.
Encouraging voters to boycott this illegitimate process, he urged them to abstain from visiting polling stations on the election day, emphasizing the importance of rejecting this unlawful election without physically participating in it.
As part of their party’s countrywide programme, Rizvi along with some BNP leaders and workers distributed leaflets at the kitchen market at Dhanmondi-15 in the capital in the morning.
BNP and its allies have been observing a leaflet distribution and mass contact programme to drum up public support in favour of their call for boycotting the Januray-7 election and not cooperating with the Awami League government.
On Thursday, the party extended the mass contact and leaflet distribution programme for another two days until Saturday.
