Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- nominated candidate for Dhaka-8 Mirza Abbas on Saturday said any delay beyond 12 hours in announcing the upcoming national election results would indicate dishonest intentions.

"I have heard it may take a long time to announce the results. If results cannot be declared within two hours after voting ends, at most it may take 12 hours. Beyond that, we will assume there are evil motives," he said.

Mirza Abbas, also a BNP Standing Committee member, made the remarks while speaking at an election views-exchange meeting with leaders of the Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA) and two other organisations at Ananda Community Centre in Nayapaltan.

He said BNP polling agents will not leave polling ...