, Aug. 15 -- BNP senior leader Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Friday said that until the next national election is completed and the results announced, people will continue to have doubts over whether the voting will actually be held.

"We hear that the election will be held in the first week of February, but until the counting of votes and the announcement of results are completed, there remain doubts among the nation over whether the election will be held," he said.

Gayeshwar made the remarks while addressing a milad and doa mahfil organised by BNP on the ground floor of its Nayapaltan central office to mark party Chairperson Khaleda Zia's 81st birthday.

He said that despite the sacrifices of many lives and much bloodshed, democracy still r...