People will not allow 2014 and 2018 type election: Fakhrul

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Friday said no games will be allowed to be played during national polls this time.

“The government will be overthrown, if they do not step down naturally,” he said while attending a rally before Dhaka Metropolitan North unit BNP took out a procession to press home its one-point demand on Friday.

 "BNP's only demand is Sheikh Hasina's resignation. The message of this demand should reach Ganabhaban, Bangabhaban," he said.

He added that this fight is a fight to restore democracy and a fight to free Khaleda Zia.

"Awami League wants to pass this election like the ones held in 2014 and 2018. Will the people of the country allow it to happen? This Election Commission should be dissolved, and a new Election Commission should be formed,” he said,

Claiming BNP leaders and activists are being jailed using the judiciary, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said: "The movement cannot be stopped no matter how much torture, bullets and tear-shells are fired.”

He also said: "This Awami League government has destroyed all our achievements. Our judicial system has ended. They have imprisoned us through the judiciary.”

The senior leader also claimed "Around 180 million people of the country are united today. They will restore democracy and establish their right to vote. We can not be stopped.”

Dhaka Metropolitan North BNP Convener Amanullah Aman was present at the rally.

The BNP's processions to press its one-point movement began on Friday afternoon at two locations in the capital Dhaka.

The two processions were organized by the BNP's North and South units.

Beginning at Suvastu Tower in Badda and ending at the Abul Hotel in Rampura, the BNP's Dhaka North parade was led by Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

The Dhaka South unit march, which began at Kamalapur Stadium and was headed by BNP Standing Committee Member Mirza Abbas, will come to an end at the Malibagh railway gate.

The BNP Secretary General said that a new program will be announced within the next two days to press home the party's one-point demand for the fall of the government.

The BNP leader said this after the mass rally in the capital on Friday.

As part of the party’s ongoing program, BNP’s Dhaka North and South City units on Friday brought out two processions towards Malibagh from Badda and Kamalapur Stadium areas in the capital respectively.

The program was also meant for mounting pressure on the government to accept the opposition’s one-point demand which includes the resignation of the Awami League government and holding the next general election under a non-party caretaker government.

BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir inaugurated the Dhaka North city unit’s procession in front of Badda’s Suvastu Tower around 3:30pm.

Meanwhile, BNP standing committee member Mirza Abbas inaugurated the Dhaka south city unit BNP’s procession in front of Kamalapur Stadium around 3:40pm.

After a brief rally, the BNP leaders and activists took out the procession toward Malibagh Rail Gate.

Apart from BNP, other like-minded parties observed the program separately in different areas of the capital.

This is the third program of the opposition's one-point movement with the goal to oust Awami League from power.