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Govt working to make electoral system more democratic: Quader

July 07, 2022 00:00:00


Awami League (AL) General Secretary Obaidul Quader has said the government is working to make the country's electoral system more democratic and modernised, reports BSS.

"The best way to express the people's opinion is election, and the Awami League government is working to make the electoral system more democratic and modernised," he said.

The AL leader came up with the remarks while speaking at a press conference at his official residence in the city on Wednesday.

Quader, also the road transport and bridges minister, said the AL is firmly committed to establishing a state system based on democratic values and the spirit of the Liberation War.

"And the government, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, is respectful to the opinion that people express through democratic process," he said, reiterating that the people are the source of the AL's strength.

Quader said only the AL governments -- from Bangabandhu to Sheikh Hasina - have improved the country's electoral system, while the Sheikh Hasina government freed the shackled democracy.

As there is democracy in the country, the BNP leaders are blindly criticising the government, getting more time than the proportion in parliament and delivering statements in parliament and outside, he said.

The AL general secretary said, "We don't want to learn democracy from BNP. Violating people's rights, voter-less elections, yes-no vote, 15 million fake voters, arson terrorism and institutionalisation of graft are found at the roots of BNP's democracy."

As the popularity of the Sheikh Hasina government has increased after the Padma Bridge inauguration, the BNP leaders have been suffering from mental agony, he said, adding that the frustrated BNP leaders are now talking perplexed to get relief from their pain.

Responding to a statement of BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Quader asked the BNP to join the next polls as it will be held in time following the constitutional obligation.

The polls will prove whether the people are in favour of positive politics or negative politics, he added.

"Will the people of Bangladesh vote for development, or will they vote for those who looted public money?" he questioned.

The AL general secretary said the BNP leaders, who have been suffering from election panic, are now talking various things to make the elections questionable.


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