Dhaka: BNP senior leader Moudud Ahmed on Friday said their party will decide whether it participate in the general election under the partisan-government or not assessing the elections to Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal.

Speaking at a discussion at the Jatiya Press Club arranged by Zia Sangskritik Sangathan, he also said BNP is going to join the three upcoming city polls to prove further that a credible election is not possible under a partisan government, reports the UNB.

‘You (people) may ask why’re you going to three other city polls while there was no (fair) election in Gazipur? We’ve only one answer. We’re joining the polls to expose further before the nation that election can’t be free and fair under a partisan government and the Election Commission can’t work independently under it,’ the BNP leader said.

Moudud, a BNP standing committee member, said the three city elections are the last test both for the government and the EC before the next general election.

‘If the three polls held in Khulna and Gazipur style, we will first be able to probe a credible election is not possible under the partisan government. Secondly, we must decide afresh whether we’ll join the general election under a partisan government. These polls will show us that path,’ he observed.

The BN leader questioned the capability of the EC as he said it has completely failed to ho hold the Khulna and Gazipur polls in a fair and neutral manner. ‘This Commission is a subservient one. It has no ability and courage to exercise the power enshrined by the Constitution.’

The BNP leader said the current Commission must be reconstituted before the next general election as a credible and impartial election is not possible by it.

Turing to the Gazipur polls, he said the responsible media has depicted how the election was marred by various irregularities. ‘In fact, it was not an election.’