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People's right to vote under threat: Delwar

Staff Correspondent
BNP Secretary General Khandaker Delwar Hossain yesterday said people's expectations were not reflected in upazila elections that witnessed 'a continuation of vote rigging.'
"People's right to vote is under threat and now they can understand what happened in the December 29 elections," he said at a discussion at the
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party's city unit office in the capital's Naya Paltan.
Jatiyatabadi Muktijoddha Dal organised the discussion on the occasion of 73rd birth anniversary of party’s founder late president Ziaur Rahman.
Pointing finger at Awami League (AL) President Sheikh Hasina, Delwar said they (Awami League) accept election results when they win and rejects it when they face defeat.
"Everyone knows the characteristics of Awami League. It advocates democracy but does not believe in it," he said, alleging that AL conducted a propaganda campaign abroad portraying Bangladesh as a failed state. ’
BNP Joint Secretary General Nazrul Islam Khan, Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal President Azizul Bari Helal and Mahila Dal leader Shirin Sultana spoke at the meeting presided over by Muktijoddha Dal President Sohrab Uddin.
BNP, however, did not make any formal statement on the upazila polls results.
Party sources said BNP-backed candidates emerged victorious in over 70 upazilas across the country. Besides, candidates of Jamaat-e-Islami, a major component of the BNP-led four-party alliance, woniaabout 20 upazilas,. i
BNP Office Secretary Rizvi Ahmed on the election day accused AL supporters of capturing the polling stations and stamping ballot papers for AL candidates in the upazila polls.
"The supporters of the ruling party occupied the polling stations across the country driving the polling agents of BNP-backed candidates out of the stations," he said at a press briefing at the party's Gulshan office.
When asked about the election results, Rizvi last night told The Daily Star, "We are compiling all election-related information which will be presented to the media later."