Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud said on Thursday that as the left leaning parties don't have noticeable voters it won't affect the elections whether they boycott the elections or not.
"I respect my leftist brothers as they are pro-liberation forces, and socialism is also one of the main pillars of our party. For this, I also support many issues coming from them. But, it is a sheer truth that they have no public support. So, there is no impact on whether the leftist parties are joining the poll or not", he said.
The minister made the remarks while talking to journalists at his secretariat on Thursday afternoon.
He also said that the BNP recruited some Jewish agents to spread falsehood against the January 7 election after being rejected by the people.
"People have rejected the BNP's call of resisting the poll. Now they are urging to boycott the election and have recruited some Jewish agents including David Bergman to make the election questionable," he said.
"The BNP-recruited lobbyists are writing articles in different foreign newspapers. But there is no benefit of their evil motive," he said, adding that Begum Khaleda Zia also had written article in a US newspaper by her name against the country.
The information minister said it is nothing new as the BNP can do anything against the country. Even they wrote articles forging the signatures of congressmen and presenting a fake US president's advisor before the nation, he said.
He said the BNP also had spread propaganda that Indian Home Minister Amit Shah phoned them. By doing this the BNP has made itself "a fraud party", he noted.
He also said that the countrymen are now rlrction-oriented and the election will be held in a free, fair and festive mood.
The European Union, the US, SAARC countries, OIC and other countries have already sent their observers to monitor the polls.
"It actually proves that this election has been widely accepted by the international communities," he said. "The BNP's anti-election campaign is baseless."
