Mid-term election
I read with astonishment in the DS that BNP Secretary General Khandakar Delwar Hossain has demanded a mid-term election to "test the popularity of BNP and its Senior Vice Chairman Tarique Rahman". After what has been described as one of the fairest elections in Bangladesh history, Mr. Delwar Hossain is making a plea to have the results abrogated in order to test someone's popularity?
Are elections such frivolous matters, that from time to time we should conduct popularity contests? Should a new election be held to test the popularity of someone who has never held elective office and whose sole claim and qualification to high position in his party is his DNA? The people have already spoken, and to suggest that their choices not be respected is a complete absurdity.
Mr. Delwar Hossain and his party seem hell-bent on losing all credibility whatsoever by making such ludicrous suggestions.
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