Consequences won't be good if BNP, Jamaat try to foil upcoming polls: PM Hasina
The meeting started at 10am at the office of the Dhaka district AL unit in the Tejgaon area to finalise the party's candidates for Rajshahi, Khulna and Rangpur divisions who are hopeful of the electoral symbol Boat in the upcoming national polls
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday reiterated that BNP and Jamaat are trying to foil the parliamentary elections scheduled for 7 January.
"The consequences will not be good if anyone tries to foil the election," she warned adding that the people are the strength of her party.
Hasina, also the president of ruling Awami League, was delivering her introductory speech at Awami League's Parliamentary Nomination Board meeting held at its Dhaka district office at Tejgaon to finalise the party's candidates for the 12th parliamentary elections.
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The meeting started at 10am at the office of the Dhaka district AL unit in the Tejgaon area to finalise the party's candidates for Rajshahi, Khulna and Rangpur divisions who are hopeful of the electoral symbol Boat in the upcoming national polls.
She said that BNP- Jamaat alliance did not participate in the 2014 elections as they had no confidence about their win.
She also said that although BNP-Jamaat tried to malign the 2018 elections, they failed to show any specific evidence of irregularities to support their claim.
She said that Awami League wants democracy to prevail in the country and the political parties will continue their activities freely.
"But while BNP was in power Awami League did not get that scope. Some 21,000 leaders and activists of Awami League were killed across the country during their regime," she said.
