Staff Reporter :
The BNP on Friday demanded judicial inquiry into the Narayanganj City Corporation polls vote counting in the interest of democracy.
“We demand judicial inquiry into the vote counting of the NCC polls held on Thursday, after party’s Mayor candidate Sakhawat Hossain alleged that the ruling party men rigged vote counting in many ways,” said Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the Senior Joint-General Secretary of the BNP.
He made the demand in a press briefing at the party’s Naya Paltan office in the capital.
Rizvi said the EC should take into cognizance and it is essential to look into it.
In an immediate reaction after the NCC polls result in which ruling Awami League candidate Selina Hayat Ivy came out with flying colours, Sakhawat told the reporters that the possibility of subtle rigging could not be ruled out.
Rizvi said that Selina Hayat Ivy was declared winner by creating an apparently fair atmosphere during the polls.
“We congratulate the opinion of the public if it is truly reflected there,” he said.
The allegation of Sakhawat could not be ruled out, Rizvi said.
The senior BNP leader quoted Sakhawat
to have said that a total of 1000 votes were cast in a polling centre, but the presiding officer declared that Ivy bagged 800 votes while Sakhawat 500.
When journalists brought the anomalies to his notice, the presiding officer corrected the figure.
Rizvi also alleged that the polling agents of all candidates are supposed to get signed result sheets of respective centres, but the BNP’s polling agents in 144 centres out of 174 were not handed the sheets.
He also said that the EC put embargo on election campaign before 72 hours of voting instead of the common rule of 48 hours in order to stop BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s planned campaign in the city.
BNP central leader Abdus Salam, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Abdus Salam Azad, Afroza Abbas and Munir Hossain, among others, were present.
The BNP on Friday demanded judicial inquiry into the Narayanganj City Corporation polls vote counting in the interest of democracy.
“We demand judicial inquiry into the vote counting of the NCC polls held on Thursday, after party’s Mayor candidate Sakhawat Hossain alleged that the ruling party men rigged vote counting in many ways,” said Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, the Senior Joint-General Secretary of the BNP.
He made the demand in a press briefing at the party’s Naya Paltan office in the capital.
Rizvi said the EC should take into cognizance and it is essential to look into it.
In an immediate reaction after the NCC polls result in which ruling Awami League candidate Selina Hayat Ivy came out with flying colours, Sakhawat told the reporters that the possibility of subtle rigging could not be ruled out.
Rizvi said that Selina Hayat Ivy was declared winner by creating an apparently fair atmosphere during the polls.
“We congratulate the opinion of the public if it is truly reflected there,” he said.
The allegation of Sakhawat could not be ruled out, Rizvi said.
The senior BNP leader quoted Sakhawat
to have said that a total of 1000 votes were cast in a polling centre, but the presiding officer declared that Ivy bagged 800 votes while Sakhawat 500.
When journalists brought the anomalies to his notice, the presiding officer corrected the figure.
Rizvi also alleged that the polling agents of all candidates are supposed to get signed result sheets of respective centres, but the BNP’s polling agents in 144 centres out of 174 were not handed the sheets.
He also said that the EC put embargo on election campaign before 72 hours of voting instead of the common rule of 48 hours in order to stop BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia’s planned campaign in the city.
BNP central leader Abdus Salam, Khairul Kabir Khokon, Abdus Salam Azad, Afroza Abbas and Munir Hossain, among others, were present.
