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"I am telling you, I visited his residence."
HASAN MASHHUD CHOWDHURY
caretaker government advisor
about meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) MA Aziz
whereas the CEC told the press that no one from the present caretaker government had met him.

"The election schedules will be declared by November 25."
MA AZIZ
CEC,
who is widely perceived as a stooge of BNP-led Four-Party Alliance

"I would like to remind everyone that the present form of government has become presidential form of government after reposing the responsibility of caretaker government on the president."
IAJUDDIN AHMED
president and chief adviser to the caretaker government.

"Explanations of the statement were not reflected literally in a section of the media."
A Bangabhaban Statement
saying the president did not say anything about changing the form of government.

"Jatya Party will take the right decision considering the interest of the country and people."
HM ERSHAD
deposed president and one of the most corrupt dictators in the history of South Asian Sub-continent.

"I don't think a military takeover would contribute to that goal. That will be a bad thing to do. "
RICHARD BOUCHER
United State's assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia while on a visit to the country.

"BNP believes in peace and progress."
KHALEDA ZIA
outgoing premier and chairperson of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
The last BNP-led government is particularly known to be corrupt and fascist.

"Take a breath, ride a rickshaw."
Heading of a Newspaper Report
during the Awami League Alliance's blockade public conveyance like three-wheelers and bus remain absent from the streets of the city.

"It would not be practical to reconstitute the EC and correct the existing voter list due to time constraints."
MOUDUD AHMED
barrister and former law minister.
Moudud is especially infamous for being politically corrupt: Till the last day of Ershad's tyranny Moudud actively supported the vile and corrupt regime.

QUOTATIONS ARE TAKEN FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.
Compiled by: AHMEDE HUSSAIN