The audio of a BNP leader's speech encouraging votes in Panchagarh upazila elections has been leaked. That leader is Farhad Hossain Azad, Member Secretary of District BNP Convening Committee and BNP Central Rural Development Affairs Secretary.
In that audio, he can be heard telling the leaders and workers to take part in the elections. At one point he said, "Choose with your heart."
On the one hand, the expulsion of the leaders for participating in the polls, on the other hand, the BNP leader's statement about participating in the polls has created a sensation.
One such audio came to media persons on Sunday (May 5) afternoon. However, BNP leader Azad claimed that the leaked audio was super edited.
In the leaked audio, he is heard saying, "Those who are against voting, have no connection with the people, they do not understand local politics." They think local politics and national politics are one and the same. This election will be free, fair and impartial. Please choose carefully, I hope you will be successful. If I can give upazila chairman, vice chairman in Boda, then at least I will get a place to sit in the upazila square. I can go to the chairman's chamber and sit, I can have a cup of tea.'
He is also heard saying, 'It is very difficult to survive a party without public representation. We are a supporter dependent party; we have more supporters than workers.'
In this regard, the BNP leader said on the mobile phone, "I held a meeting at my house regarding boycotting the elections." Another audio has been created by super-editing that audio to humiliate me.'
Five BNP leaders have been expelled for participating in Boda and Debiganj Upazila Parishad elections in Panchagarh. In the notice signed by Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, senior joint secretary general of the party last Saturday, Boda upazila chairman candidate Habib Al Amin Ferdous, vice chairman candidate Morsalin bin Mumtaz Ripon, female vice chairman candidate Laili Begum, chairman candidate Rahimul Islam Bulbul and vice chairman candidate Abdur Rahim in Debiganj upazila have been expelled.