Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan. Photo : Collected
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan said on Thursday (23 November) that the government has no influence in the denial of bail to BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam.
The judiciary is independent and judges take decision after proper scrutiny, he said while talking to reporters after United Nations Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis paid a courtesy call on him at the secretariat.
Pointing at BNP, he said, "If you want to come to power, you have to come to the polls. It is not possible through arson violence. If you want a change in power, you have to come to elections."
Asaduzzaman said some leaders from the BNP are forming parties like Trinomool BNP and BNM to participate in the national election. "We told them that the elections will be free and fair with no party getting any undue advantage."
He said there is no external pressure on the new parties; they are willingly forming new alliances.
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