Govt preparing to hold polls as per Constitution: Quader

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader informed Japanese ambassador that the government is taking preparation to hold a free, fair and neutral election in the country as per the Constitution.

He said this during a courtesy call on Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Iwama Kiminori at his secretariat office on Sunday (October 1) morning.

The road transport and bridges minister said Bangladesh Awami League has already held the first meeting of the Election Manifesto Formulation Committee.

Quader said they also discussed how to strengthen the friendly relation between the two countries including the progress of ongoing projects with the assistance of Japan in Bangladesh during the courtesy call.