Kotchandpur UZ to see all EVM polls tomorrow
Tomorrow’s election to Kotchandpur upazila parishad will be held solely with electronic voting machines (EVM).
Election office sources said EVMs will be set up in all the 295 booths of 53 centres in the upazila where 1,08,882 voters will exercise their right to franchise.
Three persons are contesting for the upazila chairman post – Awami League (AL) nominated Sharifunnessa Miki, BNP nominated Abdur Razzak and independent candidate Khairul Hossain Sathi.
AL backed Abdul Karim, Kamal Hauladar, Rezaul Islam Reza, Riaz Hossain and Shariful Islam, BNP candidate Rostom Kabir and independent candidate Nimay Chandra Dey will contest for two vice chairman posts while AL nominated candidate Rubina Khatun, Pinki Khatun and BNP candidate Nasima Islam will contest for the vice chairman post reserved for women.
In the last upazila election in Kotchandpur, Jamaat-e-Islami nominated candidates won the upazila chairman and vice chairman posts including the one reserved for women but this time they are not contesting.
BNP backed candidate Abdur Razzak alleged that there is no level playing field in the upazila as the ruling party activists are creating hindrance to campaign and have vandalized BNP’s election office.
“Former mayor BNP leader Salauddin Bulbul Sidol has been arrested although he is on bail. Ignoring the rule, Awami League lawmaker Shafikul Azam Khan Chanchal is conducting door to door campaign for the party candidates. They are threatening the BNP voters. I have submitted written allegation to the election officer but to no effect,” Razzak said.
AL backed candidate Sharifunnessa Miki refuted the allegation, saying, “We are not doing any activity which harms the image of the election. The BNP backed candidates are running their campaign without any hindrance.”
Kotchandpur Upazila Election Officer Mehedi Hasan said, “There is no situation here to create chaos by any candidate, whether they are from Awami League or BNP. We are working to conduct a free and fair election.”
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