‘misleading’ remarks on elections

Dhaka, May 31 (IANS) Several political parties in Bangladesh reiterated their demand for holding the national election by December, rejecting recent remarks made by Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus in Japan regarding the elections. Yunus had said that "no one except one party wants elections in December," local media reported on Saturday. The parties, including Gono Forum, the Left Democratic Alliance, and the 12-Party Alliance, have slammed Yunus's claim, calling it "false, misleading, and damaging to the political atmosphere." "Under the same agenda, a newly formed political party supported by the government -- along with some radical communal groups and parties…