Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- BNP Standing Committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Saturday alleged that the 2008 general election was far from neutral, describing it as a "pre-planned and stage-managed" exercise where the winners were predetermined before voting took place.
Speaking at a discussion at the National Press Club auditorium in Dhaka, organised by former students of Dhaka College to mark the anniversary of the July-August mass uprising and the fall of fascism, Moyeen Khan said, "In December 2008, just days before the vote, a blueprint was already in place deciding who would be elected in each of the 300 parliamentary seats."
The senior BNP leader argued that the caretaker administration which took over during the One-Eleven political crisis...