BNP slams move to enact law over party registration

BNP on Thursday alleged that the Election Commission (EC) is going to enact the 'Political Party Registration Act' to transfer its power to the government for controlling the registration of political parties and their election systems, reports UNB.

"The Election Commission is handing over its power to the government. That is why an election commissioner has protested it by giving a note of dissent. The power they (EC) have got regarding the registration of political parties through the RPO is now giving it to the government by enacting a separate law," said BNP senior joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi.

He came up with the remarks while talking to reporters after paying homage to National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam by placing wreaths at his grave, marking his 44th death anniversary.