Next Election Will Be Held Under AL-Led Government: Hanif

Awami League Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif today said the next parliamentary election will be held under the incumbent government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

"The next parliamentary election will be held under the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the BNP will have to participate in the polls," he said.

Replying to a question over BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir's demand for a caretaker government, Hanif said BNP had destroyed the caretaker government system, so they have no rights to say about this system again.

He said while addressing as the chief guest the "Fine Arts Conference 2022" of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) at Bakultala of the Faculty of Fine Arts, Dhaka University here.

Mentioning that all the achievements of the country have been achieved under the leadership of Awami League, he said the independence of this country was achieved under the leadership of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the economic emancipation of the people has been attained under the leadership of Bangabandhu's successor Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Speaking as special guest, Prime Minister's Special Assistant and Awami League Office Secretary Barrister Biplab Barua said BCL always protests injustice and works to protect democracy of the country.

The conference was chaired by Tonmoy Debonath, president of Fine Arts Faculty of Chhatra League, Marufa Akter Popy, Awami League Central Committee member, Professor Jamal Uddin Ahmed, president of Bangladesh Charushilpi Sangsad, Al Nahian Khan Joy and Lekhak Bhattacharjee, president and general secretary of BCL central commitee, Sanjit Chandra Das and Saddam Hussein, president and general secretary of Dhaka University BCL unit, among others, spoke on the occasion.

Fahim Islam Limon, General Secretary of Fine Arts Faculty BCL, conducted the programme.

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