Dhaka, July 5 -- BNP Standing Committee member Gayeshwar Chandra Roy on Saturday said no one has the power to prevent the upcoming national election if BNP takes to the streets.

"Elections must be held. no one has the power to stop the election, if we take to the streets. Those who say we could not achieve anything in 16 years, I would like to tell them, we can now achieve it in 16 days.but we won't show that," he said while addressing a rally in Keraniganj, demanding an early election.

Referring to the government's commitment to holding elections in time, Gayeshwar said they are patiently waiting with the expectation that the gentleman (Chief Adviser) will keep his promise and arrange elections in time.

Criticising Jamaat-e-Islami, he...