Sun News Desk : Many BNP leaders will quit the party and it is a matter of time, said Information and Broadcasting Minister and Awami League Joint General Secretary Dr Hasan Mahmud.

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He said journalists at his secretariat office in the capital on Wednesday.

Dr Hasan Mahmud said everybody will not stay in BNP as the party doesn't know how to respect the senior leaders and continuously barring the leaders from contesting in the election.

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The minister said BNP is out to create confusion among the people. During 2018 polls, the party first had declared that they would not take part in the elections, but later they took part in the polls, he noted.

He said changes in the current languages of BNP leaders with their statements one month back is giving an indication that they are eager to take part in the coming poll.

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The information minister said a political party without any engagement in election for long time would certainly be isolated from the people. BNP would be isolated if they boycott the coming election, he said.

He said BNP wants the guarantee of winning the polls. But, neither the government nor the Election Commission (EC) can give the assurance to any party, he continued saying “We want that all political parties to participate in the elections.

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Criticizing a comment of BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, he said BNP leaders have given the instigation for arson attacks and the government has its audio records and other proves. But denying the facts, BNP leaders are spreading falsehood against the government, he said.

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