Candidates urged to abide by electoral code of conducts properly
BSS, Gaibandha
Speakers in a function on Monday urged the candidates and their workers to abide by the electoral code of conducts in 4th upazila elections properly to ensure a peaceful atmosphere during the pre and post election period.
“The candidates and their workers may face different types of complexities including fine and conviction by the courts on charge of violating the electoral code of conduct in the election areas side by side with canceling his or her candidature”, they said.
They made the comments while addressing a meeting organized by district election office on electoral code of conduct for the chairman and the vice chairman candidates in Sadar upazila polls at the conference room of district collectorate office here in the afternoon.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) M Ehsan-e-Elahi who is the chief coordinator of the upazila polls-2014 here addressed the function as the chief guest while additional deputy commissioner (General) and returning officer Abu Bakar Siddique presided over the meeting.
The meeting was also addressed, among others, by additional police super M Mosarrof Hossain, executive magistrate Makfurul Hasan Abbasi, upazila election officer Shaninur Alam, officer in charge of Sadar Thana Gopal Chandra Chakrabartee, chairman candidates Sheikh Samad Azad, Mihir Ghos and Arafat Akter Neela and journalist Sarker M Shahiduzzaman.
In the meeting, the DC said the mobile courts led by executive magistrates would have on patrolling in all the 13 unions of the upazila during the pre and post election period.
The four-tier security measures with the members of Army, RAB, BGB and police had been taken to hold the elections in the upazila on March 15 in third phase in a free, fair and neutral way, the DC added.
Besides, many pragmatic decisions were also taken to hold the election in the upazila peacefully during the open discussion of the meeting.
All the chairman and vice chairman candidates and their representatives and union parishad chairmen including journalists of print and electronic media participated at the meeting.
Lohagora UZ polls campaign on
BSS, Narail
Aspirants are going from door to door seeking votes as elections in Lohagora upazila of the district will be held on March 15.
The candidates for both Chairman and Vice-Chairman posts are holding rallies and processions at different villages in the upazila and seeking voters’ blessing for their electoral victory.
People from all ages, particularly the youths are bringing out processions in favour of their respective chairman and vice chairman candidates. Leaflets with symbols and photographs of the candidates are being distributed among the voters.
A total of 1,51,557 voters are expected to exercise their rights to franchise through 81 polling centres in the upazila.
Three candidates will vie for the chairman post, three for vice chairman post and three for woman vice chairman post.
The chairman candidates are Syed Faizur Amir Litu (AL), GM Nazrul Islam (BNP) and Sheikh Masuduzzaman (Independent).
Of them, the main contestants are Syed Faizur Amir Litu and GM Nazrul Islam.
Vice chairman candidates are Kamrul Islam Bhuyan (AL), M Alomgir Hossen (Jamaat) and Mainul Islam (Independent).
Shahanara Laky (AL), Saleha Begum (BNP) and Jahanara Begum (Independent) are contesting for the woman vice chairman post.
Setback of BNP UZ polls in Sylhet :
Image crisis, feuds responsible
S.A Shofiee, Sylhet
Image crisis of some central leaders, ministers and lawmakers of the BNP in their respective areas and internal feuds are being seen as major factors for setbacks suffered by the BNP backed chairman candidates in Sylhet Division most of the upazilas during Thursday’s voting, party-insiders said as a serious soul-searching is underway after the second consecutive shock.They think though internal feuds and rebel candidacies appeared as a bar to win of the BNP-chosen aspirants in both the first and second phases of upazila polls, image crisis of national leaders came out to be the main cause of the bad results the party reaped in local-body polls.
Selection of wrong people, influence of lawmakers in setting candidates and faulty steps of a party central member and a joint secretary, who are entrusted with monitoring upazila polls, were also blamed for debacle of BNP-backed candidates.
Organizing secretaries of BNP said that ‘negative’ activities of some central and influential leaders spelt setbacks for many of the chairman candidates. Available statistics show that BNP-backed chairman candidates won in 7 upazilas, out of 16 in the first and second phases of polls held on February 19 and 27 while BNP won the race in 7 upazilas.With BNP ally Jamaat’s surprise showing in the polls, the opposition camp does have every reason to have a loud laugh although they still have many complaints about the conduct of the vote and the ruling party’s role.As the BNP-led 19-party alliance boycotted the January 5 parliamentary polls, the results of the local-body elections are crucial for both the political camps because it may be a measure of their popularity.
BNP 3 , AL wins one in Sylhet UZ polls The second phase of Upazila Parishad election concluded in three upazila of the Division on Thursday, Awami League supported candidate won one chairman post while BNP backed candidates got three chairman posts.
