Accusing the ruling Awami League of rigging votes in Supreme Court Bar Association elections, BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Wednesday branded the ruling party as a 'pathological thief'.
He said, “Their (AL’s) only aim is to indulge in theft. We usually call them vote thieves. They rig votes in the national elections and even in Union Parishad polls.
“Now they rigged votes in the Supreme Court and Dhaka Bars. In fact, they are pathological thieves,” he said.
Speaking at a discussion program in Dhaka, Fakhrul said there was a ruckus in the Supreme Court after false and stamped ballot papers were found there on Tuesday night, the night before the election.
“They (pro-AL lawyers) assaulted our seven-time elected Supreme Court Bar Secretary (Mahbubuddin Khokon) and wounded him and also lodged a case against 1,000 pro-BNP lawyers, including Khokon, over the incident," he said terming the situation as farce.
