The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday said that the voters have rejected the upazila parishad elections without falling into the trap of the Awami League鈥檚 deception.
鈥榁oters don鈥檛 need votes as the result is predetermined. Because of that people are not interested in voting,鈥� BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi said at a press conference at the party Naya Paltan central office.
Saying that people have rejected the upazila parishad elections Rizvi alleged that state terrorism has taken away the voting rights of the people.
Through looting the very institution of upazila parishad has been turned to an arena of robbers and bandits, he said, adding that even such instances are there in which a person became the upazila chairman twice through the election without voters and became the owner of more than 100 bigha of land although law prohibits ownership of more than 60 bigha.
The BNP leader also mentioned that some of those who have become candidates for the second time have increased their income by more than 3,000 per cent compared with the income declared in their previous affidavit.
He said that someone鈥檚 income increased by more than 1,000 per cent while in Gaibandha a candidate鈥檚 income increased by 4,000 per cent.
He also said rhetorically that one becomes owner of numerous elephants and horses once one becomes the chairman in the elections without voters.
鈥楾herefore, the voters of the country have wholeheartedly rejected the upazila elections without stepping into the trap of Awami League鈥檚 deception,鈥� he said.