NARSINGDI, Dec 12, 2024 (BSS) – Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Standing Committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan today said that BNP does not demand elections for its own benefit rather the party wants to restore people’s right to vote.

"The new generation was deprived of their right to vote during the dictator’s regime in the last 15 years. BNP is demanding fair and impartial elections to restore people’s right to vote after a speedy completion of essential reforms," he said.

He came up with the remarks while addressing a memorial meeting and Doa-mahfil at Palash Upazila Auditorium in Narsingdi on the occasion of the 40th death anniversary of his father, former food minister and BNP founding member Abdul Momen Khan.

He further said, "We do politics for the people and that is why we believe in the people’s voting right."

The persons, who will be elected by the people through a fair and impartial election, will be the true representatives of the people, he added.

“Parliament cannot be formed by holding elections with dummy, fake members of parliaments, arranging vote at night and forcibly snatching ballot boxes," he said.

He further said if the fascists think that they will come to power again and establish dictatorship, then they are living in a 'Fool's Paradise'. 

Earlier, Mahreen Khan, the daughter of BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan, also spoke at the memorial meeting.

The memorial meeting, chaired by Moyeen Khan’s wife and Millennium University Chairperson Roksana Khandaker, was attended by leaders and activists of Palash upazila unit BNP.