Dhaka, May 30 -- BNP Standing Committee member Mirza Abbas on Friday said only one person in the country does not want the next national election to be held by December next.

"He (Prof Yunus) claimed that only one party (BNP) wants an election. But we say only one person doesn't want an election-and that person is Dr Yunus," he said after paying tribute at the grave of BNP founder Ziaur Rahman in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on the occasion of his 44th death anniversary.

Mirza Abbas said it's very unfortunate to see Muhammad Yunus, sitting in Japan, defaming BNP. "He (Yunus) did not feel even a little shame in defaming the country while sitting abroad," he said in a reaction to Chief Adviser Prof Yunus's remark that just one party wants the elec...