Ctg city polls: AL MP Nadwi ‘admits’ to taking control of polling stations

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bdnews24.com :
A video of Abu Reza Mohammad Nezam Uddin Nadwi “admitting” to taking control of polling stations has surfaced, prompting the BNP candidate for the Chattogram-8 parliamentary seat to lodge a complaint against the Awami League MP.
BNP candidate Abu Sufian lodged the complaint with the returning officer on Thursday accusing Nadwi of breaching code of electoral conduct ahead of the Jan 13 by-election.
The video of a speech by Nadwi, the Chattogram-15 MP, at an event at the home of the Awami League candidate for the Chattogram-8 seat, Moslem Uddin Ahmed, on Wednesday night has kicked up a storm on the internet.
“I will go to Boalkhali and Chandgaon areas for Moslem Bhai. We will work together there as those are my areas. I took control of seven centres for AJM Nasir,” Nadwi is heard saying in the video.
“I took control in such a way that people had to talk about how I came out to be a goon even though they had thought I was an Alem [Islamic scholar],” Nadwi says in the video.
“[We will] work in Chandgaon, Boalkhali. I have good relations with the Alem, Olamas of Boalkhali. I have already talked to them.
“We will work together for the party, for boat. By the grace of Allah, we will bring Moslem Bhai to parliament as an MP,” Nadwi says.
Besides Moslem, MPs Nazrul Islam Chowdhury and Mustafizur Rahaman Chowdhury were present among the Awami League leaders at the event.
Mayor AJM Nasir Uddin was accused of taking control of polling stations in the last elections to the port city corporation. The BNP’s M Manjur Alam announced boycott of the elections alleging widespread irregularity by the ruling party.
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