HT Imam\\\'s election remarks prove Jan 5 polls manipulation: BNP

BNP claimed Friday that their apprehension of manipulation any election under Awami League (AL)-led administration has proved right with the recent remarks of PM's adviser HT Imam about the January-5 polls, reports UNB.

"We'd said earlier that AL was trying to hold an election with a political motive to perpetuate its power by using the Election Commission. Our allegation has proved right with HT Imam's remarks," said BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

He said this as reporters drew his attention to the PM's adviser's comments at a press conference at the BNP's Naya Paltan central office in the city Friday.

The press conference was arranged to inform the decisions of the BNP standing committee members' meeting held Thursday night at the party chairperson's Gulshan office.

Earlier Wednesday, HT Imam, addressing a BCL programme at Dhaka University, said: "You (BCL men) just pass the written test, we'll see how much we can help you with the viva voce. Our leader (Sheikh Hasina) has told us to arrange jobs for you by any means."

He also pointed out the advantage of having party men in the administration, and how the AL benefited from them.

"Days before the January 5 polls, many pro-AL officials were inducted in mobile courts that helped the government resist the BNP-Jamaat's bid to thwart the election. They (pro-AL officials) stood beside us," Imam said.

Mr Fakhrul briefed the reporters about the BNP standing committee meeting's decisions and the proposals made there.