Noman Mosharef :
Dhaka North City Corporation by-election is knocking at the door, but the voters have no clear idea about the polls to be held on February 28.
The voters do not know when the election will be held and who are the candidates, largely for lack of electioneering unlike in the polls held in 2015.
Although the mayor candidates are approaching the voters, they (voter) seemed indifferent. In the mayor election held on April 28, 2015, there was a hilarious campaign from both Awami League candidate Annisul Huq and BNP’s Tabith Awal.
It has been reported that the mayor candidates are yet to reach some areas of DNCC. Again, many voters are totally unaware of the fact that their area is an extended part of the city corporation.
While talking with a number of voters about the voting environment, a voter of the northern end of Uttara said that he was unaware of the DNCC by-polls.
Most of the voters of Uttara do not know there is going to be held a by-polls. The picture is prevalent in the extended part of Badda. The voters of this area have not met the mayor candidates as yet. Moreover, they do not know when the DNCC by-polls will take place.
Rezaul Karim Patwari, another resident of DNCC’s Rayerbazar area, said, “I came to know about the election after receiving a notice that all educational institutions in the area will remain closed on February 28 for the by-election. Many people of the area came to know from their children.
The DNCC mayor post fell vacant following the death of Annisul Huq on November 30, 2017. He was elected mayor on April 28, 2015.
On January 9 last year, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the DNCC by-polls and election in the new wards, fixing February 26, 2018 as the voting day.
But the election was not held as the High Court stayed the election schedule for six months. The court order came following three writ petitions filed challenging the legality of the schedule.
Finally in January last, the court cleared the way for the DNCC by-election and election in the new wards.
A total of five candidates are vying for the mayor post. They are Atiqul Islam from Awami League, Shafin Ahmed from Jatiya Party, Anisur Rahman Dewan from National People’s Party, Shahin Khan of Progressive Democratic Party and an independent candidate Abdur Rahim.
Election to councillor posts in the 36 new wards — 18 under the DNCC and 18 under the Dhaka South City Corporation — will also be held on February 28.
In those wards, however, a massive campaign was seen for the councillors’ post.
The total number of voters in DNCC is 2,345,374, of which males are 1,224,701 and females 1,120,673.
Dhaka North City Corporation by-election is knocking at the door, but the voters have no clear idea about the polls to be held on February 28.
The voters do not know when the election will be held and who are the candidates, largely for lack of electioneering unlike in the polls held in 2015.
Although the mayor candidates are approaching the voters, they (voter) seemed indifferent. In the mayor election held on April 28, 2015, there was a hilarious campaign from both Awami League candidate Annisul Huq and BNP’s Tabith Awal.
It has been reported that the mayor candidates are yet to reach some areas of DNCC. Again, many voters are totally unaware of the fact that their area is an extended part of the city corporation.
While talking with a number of voters about the voting environment, a voter of the northern end of Uttara said that he was unaware of the DNCC by-polls.
Most of the voters of Uttara do not know there is going to be held a by-polls. The picture is prevalent in the extended part of Badda. The voters of this area have not met the mayor candidates as yet. Moreover, they do not know when the DNCC by-polls will take place.
Rezaul Karim Patwari, another resident of DNCC’s Rayerbazar area, said, “I came to know about the election after receiving a notice that all educational institutions in the area will remain closed on February 28 for the by-election. Many people of the area came to know from their children.
The DNCC mayor post fell vacant following the death of Annisul Huq on November 30, 2017. He was elected mayor on April 28, 2015.
On January 9 last year, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the DNCC by-polls and election in the new wards, fixing February 26, 2018 as the voting day.
But the election was not held as the High Court stayed the election schedule for six months. The court order came following three writ petitions filed challenging the legality of the schedule.
Finally in January last, the court cleared the way for the DNCC by-election and election in the new wards.
A total of five candidates are vying for the mayor post. They are Atiqul Islam from Awami League, Shafin Ahmed from Jatiya Party, Anisur Rahman Dewan from National People’s Party, Shahin Khan of Progressive Democratic Party and an independent candidate Abdur Rahim.
Election to councillor posts in the 36 new wards — 18 under the DNCC and 18 under the Dhaka South City Corporation — will also be held on February 28.
In those wards, however, a massive campaign was seen for the councillors’ post.
The total number of voters in DNCC is 2,345,374, of which males are 1,224,701 and females 1,120,673.
