The Dhaka Times Desk On the one hand, the election is going on. On the other hand, BNP and 18 parties are preparing for a continuous strike-blockade program.
The 18-party alliance led by BNP will give strict programs to prevent 'one-sided elections' once the election schedule is announced. In that case, the 18-party alliance is thinking about a total blockade program including strike. The election commissioner threatened to bring the country to a standstill from that day when the election schedule was announced without a non-partisan government. Shahnewaz told reporters that the schedule will be announced by next Monday.
On the other hand, the Awami League nomination aspirants have started a massive race to get the party nomination in the next election. Potential candidates have started lobbying in the influential circles of the party. Especially the new and young generation aspirants have started visiting the houses and offices of the leaders concerned with the nomination.
This time there is a lot of interest among the aspirants to get party nomination. A record number of candidates have collected and submitted party nomination papers this time compared to the last few elections. Awami League has already finished selling nominations and taking deposits.
Meanwhile, on the demand of the independent government, the protest program was announced in the district and upazila on Sunday, but the new program may be announced from Monday, party sources said.
After the publication of the gazette of the cabinet of the all-party government yesterday, Election Commissioner Md. Shahnewaz said the election schedule may be announced by Monday. BNP Acting Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir issued a warning at the Suhrawardy rally of 18 parties yesterday afternoon and said, "The Election Commissioner is going to announce the election schedule next week. If the schedule is announced without the provision of a non-partisan caretaker government, the entire country will be paralyzed from that day.”
But BNP will wait till the last moment for compromise. In that case, it is said that it has been decided to respond if the government takes the initiative of reconciliation till the deadline for submission of nomination papers.
On the one hand, the government has created many fears in the public mind between the party's election preparations and the opposition party's movement program. However, we won't have to wait long to see where things go. However, 16 crore people of this country are hoping that everything will turn out for the better.
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