First polls with new voter list in RCC: CEC
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda yesterday said the first poll with the new voter list would be held in Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) in January.
"We have a plan to hold RCC election at first in January. It will be an experiment. We want to see how the new voter list works," the CEC said.
He was talking to newsmen after visiting several voter registration centers in Rajshahi.
The CEC said the countrywide voter listing would start in October if all equipment are available in time.
He urged the people to enroll names in due time saying, "At the moment, we are requesting you, but if you do not do so, you will suffer a lot in future as you will be deprived of 22 facilities for not having a national identity card."
The NIDs (national identity cards) will work as a safeguard for poor, who in most cases suffer for lacking of an identity.
He cited an example of Abul Kalam Azad, who was in Kushtia jail for lack of proper identification.
The CEC visited around 10 voter registration centres including Balazan Nesa Girls' High School, Golzarbagh Primary School, Hoseniganj Primary School and Police Line School.
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