Dhaka, Aug. 13 -- BNP senior leader Dr AZM Zahid Hossain on Wednesday described the threat to resist the national election in early February as an 'echo of autocracy'.

"We now hear many things. some are even threatening that the election will not be allowed to hold next February. Such statements seem to echo the behaviour and rhetoric of past dictators," he said while talking to reporters after paying tribute to BNP founder Ziaur Rahman.

Dr Zahid, a BNP Standing Committee member, made the remarks in reaction to National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Nasiruddin Patwary's comment on preventing the election in February.

He urged political parties to remain active in the field with their programmes instead of issuing threats. "No one can supp...