Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the general elections will be held on schedule next month, rejecting Opposition’s demand for postponing it and asked her arch-rival Khaleda Zia to come to the field instead of staying at home.
“If you want to wage any movement, come to the field,” Hasina said with an oblique reference to Zia, in her introductory speech at the adjourned meeting of the Awami league Parliamentary Board (AlPB).
The Prime Minister asked the people of the country to be prepared to vote and elect their representative, saying the elections will be held at the “right” time. “The election will be held on schedule and the people will take part in it,” Hasina said.
Her remarks came as large-scale violence erupted in the country during the Opposition’s nationwide blockade against the ruling Awami league Government’s plans to hold the parliament election January 5.