Elections rigged
Terming the Narayanganj City Corporation election stage-managed, mayor aspirant Shamim Osman yesterday said he would not have contested the polls if he had realised it earlier.
“I am a ruling party-backed candidate, but my hands and legs are tied. I can't speak [anything] openly…,” he told reporters around 3:30pm at the Rifles Club in Narayanganj.
However, Shamim an hour before told reporters if someone were in his position, Narayanganj would have been in flames for what had been done to him.
Shamim's tone changed around noon as he realised his defeat became only a matter of time.
Even, he lodged a complaint with the Election Commission (EC) in the evening accusing police of siding with his rival candidate, Selina Hayat Ivy.
In a letter to the chief election commissioner, he also alleged that police personnel drove out his agents from several polling centres and sought votes in favour of Ivy.
He claimed, “Since morning, police have been assisting a candidate [Ivy] in public. They also obstructed my workers from discharging their duties.”
“All police men have been bought off,” he added.
Interestingly, the heavyweight candidate while casting his vote told reporters that there is no other way but to accept the result even if he loses.
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