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President of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) Oli Ahmed on Monday (8 January) said the actual voter turnout in Sunday's (7 January) election was not more than 7-10 percent as people boycotted the one-sided polls.
Speaking at a press conference at his party's Moghbazar office, he called upon the Prime Minister to engage in talks with BNP to quit power safely as the country's people did not give her a mandate to run the country.
"We reject this election and the results. It's a vote robbery in the name of election,' Oli said.
According to the information they received from various sources, he said they are sure that the vote cast was not more than 7 to 10 percent. "More than 40 percent voter turnout was announced (by the Election Commission) to fool the foreigners," he said.
The LPD chief also said the long hard work of the opposition parties has not gone in vain as people did not go to the polling stations.
"We're 95 percent successful in boycotting the election of January 7 as people have become conscious and able to distinguish between the good and the bad of the country," Oli said.
He also said the young generation has played a very important role in making the vote boycott call a success.
The LPD President said the government hired some foreign journalists and observers paying them cash dollars and kept them at posh Sonargaon Hotel to speak in favour of it.
"Many of them who came from abroad are retired persons. They came to Bangladesh to have a picnic and they're now saying the election was free and fair. They're hired collaborators of the government," he observed.
Oli urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina not to get too excited and become happy over the results of the fake polls as she knows very well that the average vote cast was not more than 5-10 percent.
"You indulged in vote rigging as people did not cast votes for you. So, find out a way through talks with BNP to quit power and have a safe exit. Your time is up," he said.
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