BNP has demanded that the Election Commission be reconstituted with impartial people before the announcement of the schedule for the next general election. The party also turned down the recent re-demarcation of 25 constituencies by the commission for what BNP alleges is a “motive to help” Awami League candidates win the polls. “We reject the re-delimitation of 25 parliamentary seats as the Election Commission did it through abusing its power,” BNP Standing Committee member Barrister Moudud Ahmed said on Saturday. Speaking at a discussion, he further said: “We would like to say a fair and credible election is not possible under the current Election Commission. He said the constituencies of many BNP leaders, including the ones of BNP leader Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and him, were redrawn in such a way so that they cannot join the election.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 05, 2018 14:03 UTC