Dhaka, Jan. 17 -- The train for the 12th parliamentary election has already reached its destination, so the BNP will have to wait for another five years for the next train, said Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader.

He was speaking at a joint meeting organised with central leaders and top leaders of the AL's Dhaka city units and its affiliated bodies at the party's Bangabandhu Avenue central office in the capital on Wednesday.

He said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has introduced the process of holding free and fair elections in the country.

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