UNB, Dhaka
BNP senior leader Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan on Friday alleged that the government has taken various unconstitutional, immoral and deceptive moves, including intimidating voters, to show artificial voter turnout in Sunday’s election.
Speaking at a press conference, the BNP leader called upon the people to boycott the voting in the ‘farcical’ election, braving what he said all threats and intimidation by the government.
BNP standing committee arranged the press conference on the premises of Moyeen Khan’s Gulshan residence, just two days before the voting. It was the first formal in-person press conference of the BNP since its grand rally was foiled in the capital on October 28.
“Criticism and hilarity are going on at home and abroad about the one-sided election of seat sharing and distribution to be held on January 7… the government has not stopped by creating dummy candidates and dummy parties, as they have now turned their attention to forcefully creating dummy voters,” Dr Moyeen said.
Alongside BNP and 62 pro-democracy political parties, he said voters of all classes and professions and every conscious citizen of the country have already boycotted and rejected the so-called election.