Hold national, local body polls on same day
LDP will take part in both polls, Oli tells Magura party meeting
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) president Col. (rtd.) Oli Ahmed yesterday urged the caretaker government to hold national and local body elections on the same day.
“Around Tk 500 crore will be saved if the national and local body polls are held on the same day”, Oli Ahmed said while addressing a party meeting, held at Magura press club auditorium.
The LDP president said his party will take part in both the elections.
He however, questioned why the government is 'so much pro-active' to hold the local body polls.
“Holding of local body election is a routine work and we are not against it”, said Oli adding, “As national election is scheduled to be held by December, Election Commission (EC) and caretaker government should be very sincere so that the election roadmap is not hampered”.
“We have been demanding national election in October, but the EC is showing apathy to it, saying voter list will not be completed by that time”, Oli Ahmed said.
Good deeds of present government might disappear if the national election is delayed, the LDP chief warned. Emergency should be lifted for holding a free, fair and credible election.
Critcising the caretaker government's failure in controlling the price hike of essentials Oli said, “They have completely failed to redress poor people's sufferings”.
He, however, welcomed the government's anti-corruption drive launched after 1/11 and said no political government dared to go for such a drive which was very much needed for the nation.
With LDP's district unit president Altaf Hossain in the chair, the meeting was addressed by, among others, LDP's central executive president and former speaker advocate Razzak Ali, Presidium member and former minister Sayed Didar Bokth, joint secretary general Morol Amjad Hossain, organising secretary Shahadat Hossain Selim and local leaders ANM Kamaluddin Mostafa and Golam Mortoja Tagore.
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