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Nasiruddin Patwary, chief coordinator of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has dismissed the prospect of a general election taking place in February next year with reforms remaining unfinished.
Addressing an event at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh in Dhaka’s Farmgate on Tuesday, he directly challenged the official election schedule, saying the proposed timeline was unrealistic.
His remarks came in the presence of BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Annie and Jamaat-e-Islami deputy chief Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher, reports bdnews24.com.
Nasiruddin said the election would not go ahead as planned unless key demands from the July Uprising were addressed.
“If the election takes place in February, this government will have to return the bodies of my brothers who were martyred, who shed blood for reforms.
“They must return the hands that were lost, the sons taken from their mothers. If not, there will be no election,” he added.