Dhaka, Dec. 13 -- BNP senior leader Salahuddin Ahmed on Friday said that those who had previously pushed for delaying the national election belong to an "anti-democracy camp," noting that several parties accepted the announced election and referendum schedule only "with heavy hearts."

"The announcement of the election schedule on Thursday was a positive step in the democratic transition.

We welcomed it with satisfaction. but many were compelled to welcome it reluctantly," he said while speaking at the opening session of the sixth day of BNP's "Plan to Build the Country" workshop at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) auditorium in Farmgate.

He said the central expectation of the mass uprising was to restore people's voting right...