Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir lied over the voter turnout in recent by-polls to six constituencies in the country.

"Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has allegedly tried to confuse the nation by presenting false information about the attendance of voters in the by-polls to six seats held on February 1," Quader said in a statement.

Citing a calculation made by the BNP that the voter presence in the by-polls was not more than five percent, which was totally baseless and fabricated, said the ruling party leader, reports BSS.

Fakhrul made this 'shameless falsehood' aiming to gain heinous political interest, sa...