BNP demands abolition of Union Parishads formed under Hasina govt
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has demanded the abolition of Union Parishads (UPs) formed during the ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina's regime.
The demand was made following a decision taken at a meeting of the party's National Standing Committee on Monday (23 September), according to a press release issued today by BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman presided over the meeting virtually from London, held at the party chairperson's political office in Gulshan.
The party said it will not be possible to hold a free, fair and impartial national election keeping functional the Union Parishads formed farcically during the fascist Sheikh Hasina's regime.
"Because, the present Union Parishads was used as the weapon of the autocratic regime in the past and it may be in the future too," it said.
In another decision, the BNP standing committee expressed deep concern over the conflicts in the districts of Chattogram Hill Tracts (CHTs).
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