Dhaka, May 7 -- Claiming that about 75 percent of the people want the election to be held now, BNP Chairperson's Advisory Council member Zainul Abedin Farroque on Wednesday urged Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus to take steps in this regard instead of wasting time in the name of reform.

"About 75 percent of the people of Bangladesh want elections right now. No more delay in arranging the election as it is needed now," he told a token sit-in programme.

Bangladesh Jatiya Nagorik Porishad organised the programme in front of the Jatiya Press Club, demanding a roadmap for the parliamentary election and the arrest of those of the Awami mafia regime who used illegal weapons on people and their trial before the polls.

Farroque, also a former ...