<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>The BNP has decided not to participate in upcoming upazila elections saying that Sheikh Hasina government and her subservient Election Commission, civil and police administration cannot organize a free, fair, participatory and acceptable election.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The environment for holding free, fair and participatory polls is not visible.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BNP took the decision in a standing committee meeting on Monday night. BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman virtually joined in the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi sent a press release to media over the meeting.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Monday was anyway the last day of nomination submission of the first phase of forthcoming sixth upazila parishad election. According to UNB reports</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/fas</div>