LDP demands free, fair election

Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) President Dr Col (retd) Oli Ahmad placed 23 proposals on Saturday, including a demand for a free and fair election; and also addressed the issues of price hike of essentials during a dialogue with Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus.

After holding the daigoluge he told the reporters that Bangladesh Awami League should be banned, insisting that they have no right to do politics after its role against 18 crore people of the country in July-August protests.

“Why Awami League should not be banned! We said today again, Awami League should be banned because they waged war against 18 crore people. They have no right to do politics,”

Oli, who also served as Communications Minister during the BNP-Jamaat tenure, said the Awami League used all, including the police and administration, to remain in power.

He said they could not survive as the army and some police refused to open fire during the protest which, he said, claimed over 1500 lives and injured many people.

This is the second such dialogue in the current phase, which started on October 5 with the participation of BNP, Jamaat, CPB and some other parties.