Dhaka, July 6 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday alleged that Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is displaying double standards by talking about delaying the national election, as it once again fails to align with the public sentiment.

"Why do you (Jamaat) want to delay the election? The current government's term will complete one year on August 5. If the election is held in February, it will be nearly one and a half years. Isn't that enough time to carry out the necessary reforms?" he said.

Rizvi made the remarks while addressing a milad mahfil arranged by BNP at its Nayapaltan central office on the occasion of holy Ashura.

In an oblique reference to Jamaat, he said that on one hand, they are calling for the pol...