Addressing a press conference, parishad leaders said they were having talks with the government over the years on their voting rights but no action has been taken so far in this regard.

Parishad President Golam Kabir Ahmed Chowdhury proposed that the government could ensure their voting rights by including their names in the voters list or taking their votes through the embassies or introducing electronic voting system.

Golam Kabir also demanded measures to stop unnecessary harassment of the expatriates at the airports of the country.

He also called for providing security to the guardians who come to the country to get their daughters married with suitable bridegrooms.

Many unscrupulous persons try to marry the expatriate girls forcibly and even abduct them on some occasions, he added.

Golam Kabir urged the government to take steps in this regard for the sake of the security of the expatriates.

The parishad leaders said they would organise rally and roundtable, lay siege to election commission office and submit memorandum to the prime minister, home minister, law minister and the leader of the opposition to press home their demands.

Senior Vice- President Eng M Shahidullah, Vice-President Maliha Chowdhury, General Secretary Nazma Salam, Joint General Secretary Mostak Ahmed, and International Affairs Secretary of the parishad Quamrun Nahar Mannan were present.