Formation of govt, oppn illegal: BNP

The BNP alleged on Tuesday that both the government and the opposition had been formed illegally and unethically following the January 5 'voter-less farcical' elections, reports UNB.

"The government has been formed illegally and unethically through a questionable, farcical election. The formation of the so-called opposition is also unlawful and dissolute," said BNP leader Asaduzzaman Ripon.

He brought the allegation at a press briefing at the party's Nayapaltan central office.

Ripon, the international affairs secretary of BNP, also alleged that the so-called opposition members who were not lawfully elected showed disrespect to the spirit of the Liberation War and the souls of martyrs of the war by placing wreaths at the National Memorial.

As per the RPO, he said, the members of Jatiya Party cannot win the election with the symbol of plough as its chairman HM Ershad had formally stayed off the election race and requested the Election Commission not to distribute his party symbol to any one.

The BNP leader questioned when Ershad did not contest the polls and directed the EC not to distribute his party symbol how his Jatiya Party can be the opposition in Parliament. "Isn't the total process of formation of an opposition in the House illegal and unethical?" he questioned.

He also observed that such an illegal opposition will be considered as a symbol of stigma for the government constituted through the January 5 elections.