Staff Reporter :
Major political party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and the main opposition in Parliament Jatiya Party alleged widespread vote-rigging, ballot-stuffing and capture of polling stations by the ruling partymen during the voting.
BNP on Tuesday lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against widespread vote-rigging, ballot-stuffing and capture of polling stations.
A BNP delegation, led by party Vice-President Abdullah Al Noman met Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad at his office and requested him to set an example by holding free, fair and impartial polls to at least in 50 UPs by canceling elections there.
“We just have taken part in the elections only to prove the Election Commission has become a subservient organisation to the government. And it has been proved,” he told journalists after meeting with the CEC.
Besides, a Jatiya Party delegation, led by party Senior Joint Secretary General Mohammad Rezaul Islam Bhuiyan lodged a complaint with the Election Commission against widespread vote-rigging, ballot-stuffing and capture of polling stations.
“We don’t have confidence in the Election Commission. We lodged complaint but we know nothing whether the Election Commission will take action or not,” he told journalists at the Election Commission Secretariat.
“The Union Parishad election is nothing, but eyewash. What’s the point of joining the polls when ruling partymen snatch results?” he said.
