Election Commission has no favourites: EC Sanaullah

The Election Commission has no favourites, nor it is on anyone's side, said Election Commissioner Abul Fazal Mohammad Sanaullah today.

"We stand for fairness and justice... we want to return people their voting rights," he said at a meeting with data collectors, supervisors, and new voters on the occasion of the voter list update programme.

The event was held at the Panchagarh deputy commissioner's conference room.

He said, "The people will decide who their representatives will be -- not anyone else. This will not happen in the Election Commission office, the district commissioner's veranda, the superintendent of police's porch, or in any intelligence agency office."

He said they are committed to hold a free and fair election. However, he said this was a significant task and could not be achieved by the EC alone.

"The Election Commission will lead from the front and coordinate, but the implementation of this work will be carried out by everyone at the grassroots level," he added.