Senior BNP leader Barrister Jamiruddin Sircar made the announcement after a meeting of the party’s Standing Committee Thursday evening. “We will not participate in any election under the current government.”The BNP leaders will not contest the polls even as independent candidates, he added. Later at night, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir formally announced the decision to the media at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office. The party also decided not to nominate any candidates for the by-election in Kishoreganj 1 and Gaibandha 3 parliamentary seats. Before the meeting, the BNP leaders sat with lawyers to discuss Khaleda’s release.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 24, 2019 15:56 UTC