They include 28 vying for chairman, 24 for vice-chairman and 21 for vice-chairman’s seats reserved for women
Police threatening false charges to extract money from BNP leaders: Rizvi
The BNP has accused police of extracting money from party leaders and activists by threatening to file false charges against them.
Published : 12 Feb 2019, 11:01 AM
Updated : 12 Feb 2019, 11:01 AM
The activities amount to “a massive trade”, said BNP Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi in a media briefing at Dhaka’s Naya Paltan on Tuesday.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who won the elections in midnight voting, asked the police to settle these cases as soon as possible,” he claimed.
“The law-enforcers are now more reckless because of her instructions. They’re now involved in a massive trade with chargesheets for cases filed against our leaders and activists of the BNP.
“Not only that, hundreds of BNP leaders and activists, who secured bail from court, are being re-arrested in other cases and forced to pay money.”
Rizvi said BNP leaders were also being accused in false drug cases.
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