Election in due time no matter who joins it: PM

Bangladesh Awami League (AL) president and prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said the next 11th parliamentary elections would be held in due time, no matter whichever party joins it.

“We’ve nothing to do if they don’t come to the polls. What can we do if they [BNP] don’t come to the polls? I can’t withdraw the case. We didn’t file the case,” the ruling AL president told a media briefing at her official Ganabhaban residence.

The press conference was organised to give the details about the outcome of her just-concluded visit to Italy and the Vatican City.

“Elections will be held in due time, no matter which political joins it or which party don’t.”

She said every political party has its own mechanism in a multiparty democracy.

Source: Prothom Alo