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PM-DIALOGUE 2ND LEAD
Govt will not make any interference in polls: PM
DHAKA, Nov 1, 2018 (BSS) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today assured the
Jatiya Oikya Front (JOF) leaders of holding free, fair and neutral general
elections beyond government influence as the talks with the opposition
platform ended this evening.
“On behalf of the government, we’re giving assurance of staging of free,
fair and impartial elections,” Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader
quoted the premier as saying while briefing reporters after the crucial
dialogue between the 14-party alliance and the JOF at Ganabhaban here
tonight.
He added that the premier also told JOF leaders “the Election Commission
will play an independent and authoritarian role in this regard”.
Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said the premier
told the JOF leaders that the government will not make any interference in
the EC rather it will extend cooperation to those issues which the EC will
seek.
“After announcement of the polls schedule, many issues including the law
enforcement agencies which are related to the polls will be handed over to
the commission . . . So there is no reason to be scared by them about this
matter,” Sheikh Hasina said.
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