BNP slams President for Jan 5 polls remarks

BNP spokesperson Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Saturday alleged that President Abdul Hamid betrayed the nation through his remarks about the January 5 polls in his recent meeting with UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon. “People’s hopes and aspirations have got dashed with the President’s information to the UN secretary general on election and dialogue. The fact is that people want an acceptable election immediately,” he said. Fakhrul, BNP’s acting secretary general, said this while addressing a political workshop organised by BNP at a city hotel. The BNP leader said people had hoped that the President would perform duty for the country and its people rising above party and opinion, according to a news agency.