No fair polls possible under EC: Ershad

Describing the current Election Commission worse than the MA Aziz-led one during the last BNP government, Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad yesterday said no fair election was possible under it.

He was speaking at the biennial council of his party's Bogra district unit in Shaheed Titu Poura Auditorium.

"Many are returning home dead after going out to cast votes…People want fair elections, to lead a normal life," he said.

Ershad said his party will be able to restore stability if it is voted to power and urged party men to get united.

About Sohagi Jahan Tonu murder, Ershad said, "Tonu's body was exhumed twice only to say nothing has been found. A few days later, they may say there was no girl named Tonu and it's a media-made issue."

He also alleged that people now neither can speak the truth nor get justice. "Jatiya Party will return to power if a fair national election is held," he said.

GM Quader, party co-chairman, Ruhul Amin Howlader, secretary general, Shariful Islam Zinnah, district unit president and Nurul Islam Omar, general secretary, spoke.

Sharif and Omar were made president and general secretary of the unit again.