BNP MPs ready to resign from parliament: Fakhrul

BNP lawmakers are ready to resign from the parliament, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said today.

There will be no election under Sheikh Hasina and the election must be held under a non-partisan government, Fakhrul said while addressing BNP's divisional mass rally at Rangpur Collectorate ground as the chief guest.

"The government must resign from the parliament. Our lawmakers are ready to resign from the parliament," he said.

BNP standing committee members Amir Khasru Mahmud Chowdhury and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku also addressed the rally that began arpund 12pm.

Thousands of BNP leaders and activists joined the rally and the crowd spilled onto the surrounding roads.

Party leaders and activists said more than one lakh people joined the rally.