Bangladesh ODI captain Mashrafe Mortaza is set to contest the upcoming 11th Bangladeshi general election, which has been scheduled to be held on 30 December 2018. Before that big contest, Mortaza claimed he has not a big goal like the former Pakistan World Cup-winning captain Imran Khan, who recently becomes the 22nd Pakistan Prime Minister.
The Bangladeshi ODI captain is majorly focusing on the upcoming big tournament 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup, which is just more than five months away to begin. Before that, the 35-year-old is going to face another big contest in the upcoming general election but he has clarified that he has no big goal like the former Pakistan captain Imran Khan. Rather than, he wants to work for the national sports.
In an interview with AFP, Mortaza told, “To be honest, the level where Imran Khan has reached, people cannot always reach there even if they want to. My desire is to do something for sports… since I am a sportsman, my wish is limited here. I will work for my region to see if I can do something good.”
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In the upcoming election, Mortaza is going to contest for the ruling party Awami League and will be contesting from his home district – Narail-2 constituency. However, many fans haven’t liked it and openly criticised the ODI captain for his decision.
Talking about this, Mortaza said, “All I can say from my position is the people who are in a different party or believe in a different political belief, I don’t have any disrespect for them. Even though I’m supporting my party wholeheartedly, I have 100 percent respect for them and will continue to have it.
“I’m saying this because every person has the right to support who they want to support. I can only respect the opposition from my heart, which I really do.”
Mortaza also feels that the politician should be qualified and good human beings to lead the nation.
He added, “Politicians should be qualified and good human beings. I’m not saying I’m already one of them though. The young people are closely seeing our social decadence. I think they should also step into politics.”
