Dhaka, Feb. 13 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has said that "the people will decide" whether the Awami League will retain its registration as a political party.

He stated his party's stance on the matter in response to a question during at a media briefing at the BNP Chairperson's Office in Dhaka's Gulshan on Thursday.

Fakhrul said, "I say that the people will decide. We have said time and again that we are a liberal democratic party. We believe in democracy, in all of its norms and conditions and we practice it."

"We have kept saying that it is not up to us to decide which party will be banned, will be allowed to remain active, or not ... the people will decide."

The BNP leader also noted the party's objection t...