, Nov. 5 -- BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday strongly condemned the gun attack on the party's candidate for Chattogram-8 Ershad Ullah, describing it as a clear attempt to create chaos and disrupt the upcoming 13th national election.

In a statement, he also demanded the immediate arrest and exemplary punishment of those responsible for the attack.

"Such incidents have been carried out with the aim of putting the current interim government in difficulty and obstructing the upcoming national election," the BNP leader said.

Fakhrul said there is no alternative but to deal with these miscreants firmly and decisively.

He said Ershad Ullah sustained bullet injuries while campaigning this afternoon and was later ...