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Voting concludes in 3 cities, counting going on

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Monday, 30 July 2018 , 12:00 AM


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Voting in Rajshahi, Sylhet and Barishal city corporations concluded. Voting concluded in these three cities at 4 pm. But three mayoral candidates of BNP brought allegation of irregularities and anarchy in the three cities.

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BNP mayoral candidate Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul took position outside of Islamia College center under ward number 30 of Rajshahi city at around 12 pm seeking reckoning of ballot papers. But the Presiding Officer Abdullahil Shafi termed his allegation of ballot paper finish as baseless.

Earlier Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul alleged that at around 7:30 am his polling agents reached at the centers but they were not allowed to enter inside. Presiding Officer was informed about the matter but no result came.

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In the Barishal City Corporation election BNP mayoral candidate Advocate Mujibur Rahamn Sarwar alleged that his polling agents were forced out from centers during voting period.

The BNP mayoral candidate said, our 50 polling agents were forced out from different centers. Police played the key role in this regard. Police are forcing out our agents where they were asked to provide safety to them.

He said, Chhatra League and Juba League are guarding the vote centers. There BNP leaders and workers even the voters were not allowed to enter. There police were not preventing Chhatra League and Juba League.

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Mujibur Rahman Sarwar also said, there is a High Court order so that BNP leaders and activists are not harassed without reasons. As they are not abiding by High Court order then there is no benefit to make complain in Election Commission.

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He said, they are not considering any complaint. Later at around 12 pm he declared vote boycott.

Meanwhile, raising allegation of forge votes, attack and hindrance to vote in this city corporation election other four mayoral candidates stepped aside from election and demanded suspension of election. They are CPB mayoral candidate AK Azad, mayoral candidate of Islami Andolon Obaidur Rahman, BSD mayoral candidate Manisha Chakrabarti and Jatiya Party candidate Iqbal Hossain Tapas. Besides, there was allegation of attack on BSD mayoral candidate Manisha Chakrabarti for two times.

Manisha Chakrabarti said, I have witnessed the incidents of sealing ballot papers for boat openly in some centers. As I protested I was under attack. After complaints voting took place in the centers. Sealing for boat was going on in all the centers like this center.

CPB nominated candidate Abul Kalam Azad boycott the election after raising different allegation of voting in a press conference at Barishal press club.

Meanwhile Jatiya Party candidate Iqbal Hossain Tapas filed application to Returning Officer seeking vote suspension.

There were allegations of irregularities in 30 centers of Sylhet. Of those voting was suspended in two centers. BNP nominated mayoral candidate Ariful Haque Chowdhury filed written complaint after going office of the Returning Officer in the noon. In the application he mentioned irregularities in specific 41 centers. After visiting Kazi Zalaluddin Girls High School he said, this year incidents of vote theft crossed the entire limit. This type of incident not happened before in Sylhet. People’s rights of vote were hijacked. He said that he will call for movement to recover the rights of vote.

Meanwhile BSD mayoral candidate Md. Abu Zafar brought allegation of unprecedented vote rigging and filed application for suspension voting in all centers to the Returning Officer Md. Alimuzzaman.

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