Dhaka, March 19 -- Pro-BNP lawyers of the Supreme Court on Sunday demanded the resignation of the law minister and the attorney general over attacks on lawyers and journalists by some members of police during the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election.

They made the demand during a press conference in the Supreme Court Bar Association Building alleging that the law minister and the attorney general instructed the police attack.

Meanwhile, Awami League-backed white panel has claimed that the SCBA elections were not one-sided.

The two panels came up with the statement during separate press conferences on Sunday on the two-day long SCBA polls held last week amid unprecedented chaos, scuffles, police assaults, and stampedes.

During...