‘I think I have worked successfully’

The outgoing Election Commission has conducted its duties successfully and tried to work with neutrality within the law, said Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda yesterday.

"There will be criticism and this is normal as per the culture of this country," he said.

He made the statement while attending a programme in the capital.

The Election Commission started distributing special NID cards among the freedom fighters from the programme.

"I think I have worked successfully. I have conducted all the elections (during my tenure)," he said.

Asked about the fairness of the elections during his tenure, the CEC said, "Not all the polls were fully fair. In some cases, there were incidents of violence and ballot snatching.

"We had to stop some elections and held those again."

Nurul Huda and other outgoing election commissioners paid a courtesy call on President Abdul Hamid yesterday evening.