Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader said that their party will accept the decision of the Election Commission (EC) over the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the next general elections. 

He said "We want the use of EVM in 300 seats in the next elections. But, we will accept what the commission can do according to its capacity." 

He made this remark at warm cloth distribution ceremony, organised by Dhaka North City unit of Awami League, on Kachukhet road adjacent to Mirpur-10 Square in the capital. The warm clothes were distributed among the cold-hit people on behalf of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

Earlier in the day, Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md. Jahangir Alam said the Planning Commission has decided not to proceed with electronic voting machines (EVMs) procurement project for now considering the government’s financial capacity amid the global crisis. 

Obaidul Quader, also the Road Transport and Bridges Minister, said the BNP's politics is being destroyed after following invisible directives coming over the banks of the Thames River. 

BNP will never succeed in the movement and elections if it cannot come out of this, he said. 

When many big countries are struggling amid the ongoing global crisis, many people are praising the progress of Bangladesh, he added.

Mentioning that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina provided 30 lakh warm clothes for cold-hit people across the country, Quader said people have been suffering from cold during the ongoing winter and the AL government has remained beside them.

State Minister for Industries Kamal Ahmed Majumdar and Dhaka North City councilor Abdur Rauf Nannu, among others, spoke at the meeting with Dhaka North City AL president Sheikh Bazlur Rahman in the chair.

Dhaka North City AL general secretary SM Mannan Kochi moderated the function.

BDST: 2038 HRS, JAN 23, 2023
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