Demand to defer election for foreign observers funny: Quader

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said, national election date has to be deferred for foreign observers; nothing can be funny, meaningless, baseless and illogical than that.

He said this while replying to a question at a press conference at Awami League president Sheikh Hasina’s political office in the capital on Tuesday.

According the first election schedule the date of election was fixed on December 23. But following demands from different political parties the election date was deferred for seven days and Election Commission fixed the date freshly on December 30.

After declaring the reschedule it was said on behalf of BNP and Jatiya Oikya Front that Christian community’s religious festival Xmas day is on December 25. Besides, thirty first night on December 31 which is observed in different countries.

Obaidul Quader said, if BNP thinks about movement then people of the country will resist them. Because, people are in election mood.

He also informed that Awami League presidium members Dr. Abdur Razzak, Colonel Faruk Khan (retd) and Ramesh Chandra Sen were elected as temporary members of parliamentary nomination board.

Their names were included as three parliamentary board members-Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Syed Ashraful Islam and Dr. Alauddin Ahmed are sick at present.

Awami League Organizing Secretaries Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury, AKM Enamul Haque Shamim, Cultural Affairs Secretary Asim Kumar Ukil and Working Committee Executive Member SM Kamal Hossain among others were present at the press conference.

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