Dhaka, Dec. 14 -- National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Md Nahid Islam today said leaders, activists and participants of the mass uprising are being targeted and killed as part of a plan to sabotage the upcoming election and undermine the movement.

"Those who became the faces, heroes, leaders and participants of the mass uprising are being deliberately targeted ahead of the polls," he told reporters after paying tribute to the martyred intellectuals at the Martyred Intellectuals Memorial in Mirpur this morning, marking the National Intellectual Martyrs' Day.

"As the election draws nearer, an atmosphere of fear is being created," Nahid said. Referring to recent incidents, he said the entire nation witnessed the attack on Osman Hadi, but ...