BNP has demanded that the government hold a referendum to test the reputation of the division of Dhaka City Corporation after the Awami League dared the main antagonism to inward election.
"In response to the challenge given to us by Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam to take part in the city elections, I want to say that the elections are far away; put the DCC split to public vote. The vote itself will prove what the people want," acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday.
He claimed that 98 percent residents of Dhaka want a unified corporation.
Syed Ashraf at a party rally in the city on Friday said, "I'm demanding BNP and attractive them to contest in this election. Do not step to the side at the last minute [as the candidate you backed did] in the Narayanganj City Corporation election. We will accept the results if you win," he added.
Parliament last Tuesday passed the Local Government (City Corporation) alteration Bill 2011 to split the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into two disconnect entities amidst protests by the antagonism on the streets and demonstrations by serving councilors and DCC staff members.
As per the amended law, the civic body is being divided into two — north and south. The new northern city corporation consists of 36 of the total 92 wards and the southern one consists of the remaining 56. The polls should be held within 90 days of the bifurcation, according to the bill.
President Zillur Rahman signed the bill into law on Thursday. BNP will enforce a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Dhaka on Sunday in protest.
In support of the general strike, Alamgir along with the party activists and leaders distributed leaflets at places from its Naya Paltan headquarters to Fakirapool intersection.
Later, he told reporters that police were arresting BNP supporters and harassing them in their houses ahead of the lockdown and protested the harassment.
Alamgir urged the people to make Sunday's strike a success.
BNP chairperson's advisor Dr A Z M Zahid Hossain, joint secretaries-general Barkatullah Bulu and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, and Dhaka city unit BNP member secretary Abdus Salam were present during the leaflet distribution.
"In response to the challenge given to us by Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam to take part in the city elections, I want to say that the elections are far away; put the DCC split to public vote. The vote itself will prove what the people want," acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said on Saturday.
He claimed that 98 percent residents of Dhaka want a unified corporation.
Syed Ashraf at a party rally in the city on Friday said, "I'm demanding BNP and attractive them to contest in this election. Do not step to the side at the last minute [as the candidate you backed did] in the Narayanganj City Corporation election. We will accept the results if you win," he added.
Parliament last Tuesday passed the Local Government (City Corporation) alteration Bill 2011 to split the Dhaka City Corporation (DCC) into two disconnect entities amidst protests by the antagonism on the streets and demonstrations by serving councilors and DCC staff members.
As per the amended law, the civic body is being divided into two — north and south. The new northern city corporation consists of 36 of the total 92 wards and the southern one consists of the remaining 56. The polls should be held within 90 days of the bifurcation, according to the bill.
President Zillur Rahman signed the bill into law on Thursday. BNP will enforce a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Dhaka on Sunday in protest.
In support of the general strike, Alamgir along with the party activists and leaders distributed leaflets at places from its Naya Paltan headquarters to Fakirapool intersection.
Later, he told reporters that police were arresting BNP supporters and harassing them in their houses ahead of the lockdown and protested the harassment.
Alamgir urged the people to make Sunday's strike a success.
BNP chairperson's advisor Dr A Z M Zahid Hossain, joint secretaries-general Barkatullah Bulu and Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, and Dhaka city unit BNP member secretary Abdus Salam were present during the leaflet distribution.
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