BNP on Thursday expressed happiness over the Election Commission’s (EC) newly announced roadmap for the upcoming 13th parliamentary election, seeing it as a positive and hopeful step, reports UNB.
“The roadmap (for the national election) has been announced. It gives us an impression that the Election Commission has taken preparations to hold the election by February,” said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.
Talking to reporters about the EC’s roadmap, he said, “The main point is — we are happy.”
Asked whether the roadmap announcement is good news for the people, Fakhrul simply replied, “Yes.”
Earlier in the day, the Election Commission unveiled the detailed electoral action plan, setting timelines to complete all necessary measures to arrange the 13th parliamentary election before Ramadan in February 2026.
EC Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed presented the action plan at a press conference at Nirbachan Bhaban in the afternoon.
The roadmap includes various activities such as political dialogues, meetings with stakeholders, training sessions, budget planning, ICT preparations, campaign strategies, inter-ministerial coordination, and forming implementation and monitoring cells. Particularly, the dialogue with political parties and stakeholders is scheduled for the last week of September.
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