BNP Acting Chairman Tarique Rahman has threatened to capture the polling stations in guerrilla style on the voting day, says ruling Awami League (AL).
Convicted and fugitive in graft and Aug 21 grenade attack cases, Tarique Rahman instructed to carry out sabotage through video messages to foil the peaceful polls atmosphere” AL Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanok told a media briefing at the party’s Dhanmondi offices on Friday (Dec 28).
Nanok said, “He (Tarique) has threatened to take control of polling stations in guerrilla style.
“You (journalists) have also seen how (BNP’s) Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and their aides have given instructions to occupy the voting centres,” he said.
Nanok said Tarique’s speech underpinned directives for foiling peaceful polls environment and carrying out terrorist acts.
The AL leader said with the cooperation of the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI, BNP and its allay Jamaat-e-Islami are hatching conspiracies to foil the congenial festive atmosphere for holding the election in a free, fair and neutral manner.”
Nanak said BNP-Jamaat designed a blueprint under which the clique would make videos on casting of “fake votes” in self-made polling booths and spread the contents on social media to mislead the people.
The AL leader said now the people are very conscious and they would not believe in falsehood and propaganda.
“That is why the people have taken a stance in favour of AL’s election symbol ‘boat’. A mass-upsurge for ‘boat’ is going across the country,” he added.
Nanak urged the people to cast their votes in favour of AL-led grand alliance candidates to continue the current development trend of the country.
He said five AL leaders and workers were killed while 178 AL offices were vandalized, incidents of 58 bomb attacks and gunshots took place, 88 offices and vehicles set on fire by BNP-Jamaat leaders and workers.
They also carried out attacks on police and journalists, he added.
The AL leader strongly condemned the attacks and demanded immediate arrest of the attackers to award them exemplary punishment.
