20,000 left out at Boyar Char
About 20,000 people living at Boyar Char in the Meghna River would not be able to cast votes in the upcoming union parishad (UP) polls, as they were not enrolled in the voters' list.
They urged the authorities concerned to take steps for enlisting them in the voters' list after declaring Boyar Char as a union parishad.
Candidates hire those people for casting fake votes at any election, it is alleged.
Bangladesh Khetmajur Samity held a public meeting here on Friday and demanded enlistment of the Boyar Char inhabitants in the voters' list after declaring the Char a union under Hatiya upazila.
The speakers alleged that the shoal dwellers were deprived of many civic facilities although they made the shoal cultivable and habitable by their hard labour.
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