, April 14 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said the nation's aspiration this Bangla New Year is to quickly restore the people's voting rights.

"This is what we've been fighting for over the past 15-16 years and yet it remains unfulfilled. We are moving toward that goal, but any further dillydallying is unacceptable," Rizvi said at a discussion and cultural programme organised by Sathi Swajan at the Sanskriti Bikash Kendra in the capital, marking Pahela Baishakh.

He said Sheikh Hasina snatched away people's right to vote and established a one-party authoritarian rule destroying the country's democratic institutions, rule of law and press freedom.

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