, May 6 -- BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Monday said the list of candidates for the Upazila Parishad polls has exposed how Awami League has turned into an empty vessel, as genuine politicians are being sidelined from the election race.

"The common people are not joining the upazila polls. The pro-democracy eople are not showing interest in contesting the polls," he said.

Speaking at a human chain programme, the BNP leader also said the majority of ruling party ministers, MPs are primarily businessmen and opportunists. "They're buying nominations while those who do politics are no longer there in the elections."

Rizvi describes BNP leaders participating in UZ polls as 'astray, misguided'

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