The BNP on Friday alleged that the Awami League has put the last nail in the coffin of the electoral system of the country by holding a lopsided election of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) using the police and outsiders.

The party also demanded a fresh election to the Supreme Court Bar Association cancelling the results of the “violence-marred polls” for the sake of the sanctity of the apex court of the country.

“The Awami League has turned into such a bankrupt party politically that it has to use police and outsiders to announce its candidates as winners in the Supreme Court Bar Association election. It is a matter of great shame,” said BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir.

In such circumstances, Fakhrul said their party wants the chief justice to come forward and take necessary measures to protect the sanctity of the Supreme Court, the highest institution of the judiciary.

A day after the announcement of the results of the Supreme Court Bar Association polls, he made the demand at a press conference at BNP’s Naya Paltan Central office.

Even though there was no election legally, Fakhrul alleged that the candidates of the ruling party were declared elected “illegally” and “unilaterally” by arranging a drama in the name of polls. “I demand holding a fresh election to the Supreme Court Bar Association, immediately annulling the so-called polls.”

Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad, the panel of pro-Awami League lawyers, won all 14 posts on the executive committee of the Supreme Court Bar Association in the polls held on Wednesday and Thursday.

Voting took place amid the ruckus, violence, clashes, police action and allegations of ballot theft.