Next polls as per constitution: Quader

Next polls as per constitution: Quader

Noting that the AL is ready for the next general elections, Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said the next polls will be held in line with the country's constitution.

"We want to see whether the US visa policy deters those who impede elections. Like the Gazipur, Khulna and Barishal polls, all future elections will be fair," he said.  

Quader made the remarks at a rally arranged by Dhaka South City unit of the AL at Hazaribagh market in Dhaka in the afternoon. 

The AL general secretary said the next general elections will be held in line with the constitution whether BNP participates in it or not.

Quader said the BNP is planning to bring a caretaker government in power for two years through foreign power. 

"Will you bring Fakhruddin and Moinuddin of your own party to power? It will not happen as long as we are alive," he said.

Quader said BNP leaders are saying that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's regime is over and the Awami League's time is over too.

Claiming that the AL is in power for 14 years but its tenure is yet to be completed, he said, asking the BNP leaders to hold a press conference on the conclusion of the AL regime by fixing a date so that the AL leaders can appear to them with a bunch of roses and tuberose (Rajnigandha).

Chaired by Dhaka South City AL president Abu Ahmed Mannafi, the rally was addressed, among others, by AL presidium members Advocate Qamrul Islam and Dr Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin, joint general secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, organising secretary Mirza Azam, Dhaka South City Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and Dhaka South City AL general secretary Humayun Kabir.