BNP Joint Secretary General Shahid Uddin Chowdhury Anee said on Sunday that Bangladesh needs an elected government to restore a normal political environment.
He made the comment while inaugurating a membership drive and renewal campaign at the Bashir Vila hall room in Lakshmipur municipality. Speaking as the chief guest, Anee linked the need for elections directly to the health of democracy.
“There is no alternative to an elected government, as a government established by the people strengthens the foundation of democracy,” he told supporters.
Anee alleged that certain groups are working to obstruct the electoral process. He argued that public sentiment now favors participation in elections and that people are determined to see a government chosen through votes.
“The electorate has matured to a degree whereby every decision will turn on the ballot; the exercise of true popular sovereignty has become the predominant civic instinct,” he remarked.
Responding to a query during the briefing, the president of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party referenced the ongoing procedural review of the constitutional apparatus and insisted that the completion of that agenda remains a transcendent imperative.
He tied this agenda to an intensified discourse on statutory accountability, referring explicitly to the acceleration of the legal proceeding against his predecessor, Sheikh Hasina.
The assembly in Lakshmipur formed a segment of the BNP’s systematic recruitment tour, aimed at augmenting party cadres in advance of the probable national ballot. The party, which has consistently condemned the Awami League administration for its handling of previous polls, positions the tour as a calculated re-engagement with its traditional electorate in the locales.
