BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir addresses a press conference at the party chairperson’s office in Gulshan, Dhaka on Tuesday: December 25, 2018 Dhaka Tribune'We can’t even expect neutral behaviour from this CECOpposition platform Jatiya Oikya Front has demanded the removal of Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda. During a press conference after an emergency meeting of the alliance, at the BNP chairperson’s office in Dhaka’s Gulshan on Tuesday, the platform’s leaders categorically said the incumbent CEC will not be able to hold a “free, fair and neutral election.”“We demand a new chief election commissioner because we have lost the hope of having a free and fair election under the present one,” BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said. Also Read- Oikya Front leaders walk out on CEC citing 'inappropriate behaviour'Criticizing “inappropriate behavior” at the Election Commission that led the platform’s leaders to walk out in the middle of a meeting on Tuesday, Fakhrul said: “We can’t even expect neutral behaviour from this CEC.”BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy, who was injured during an altercation between the party and ruling Awami League hours earlier, BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan, and BNP Joint Secretary Moazzem Hossain Alal were also present at the press briefing. More to follow...

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 25, 2018 15:45 UTC