By Correspondent, The CNN :
Minister of Information and Broadcasting. Hasan Mahmud said that the people did not accept BNP’s anti-election campaign even before, they actually rejected it. That is why they are now calling for a boycott of the elections instead of resisting. That is, BNP has retreated.
He said these things in an exchange of views with journalists in the meeting room of the ministry at the secretariat on Thursday (January 4) at noon.
He also said that the election is being held in a fair, beautiful and festive atmosphere. International community including United States, European Union, SAARC countries, OIC also widely accepted this election. They have already sent observers.
Dr. Hasan Mahmud said, just like the international observers came in the 2008 elections, observers from abroad have come this time. The international community has also embraced it, calling it mass-enthusiasm over the election.
