BNP boycotts Karnaphuli upazila parisad polls

Hours after the voting began, BNP has boycotted the polls to the newly formed Karnaphuli upazila parishad on Sunday on allegations of wide rigging and forcing out of their polling agents from 26 centres, reports UNB from Chittagong. The party announced the boycott decision at a media conference around 10:30 am. Earlier, immediately after voting began, Hazi Mohammad Osman, the pro-BNP candidate for the post of vice chairman, has alleged that his rival supporters ousted his polling agents from the centres. When visited, the reporter witnessed poor turnout of voters in some centres.  An executive magistrate has remained deployed for two polling centers in the upazila while seven police personnel, 13 Ansar members would be deployed at 42 polling centres each, he said.

BNP boycotts Karnaphuli upazila parisad polls

Hours after the voting began, BNP has boycotted the polls to the newly formed Karnaphuli upazila parishad on Sunday on allegations of wide rigging and forcing out of their polling agents from 26 centres, reports UNB from Chittagong. The party announced the boycott decision at a media conference around 10:30 am. Earlier, immediately after voting began, Hazi Mohammad Osman, the pro-BNP candidate for the post of vice chairman, has alleged that his rival supporters ousted his polling agents from the centres. When visited, the reporter witnessed poor turnout of voters in some centres. An executive magistrate has remained deployed for two polling centers in the upazila while seven police personnel, 13 Ansar members would be deployed at 42 polling centres each, he said.