Gazipur city corporation poll

Govt resorts to vote rigging, says BNP

The BNP yesterday rejected the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) poll as a mockery and demanded an immediate re-election. The party, however, mentioned that it would contest the civic body polls in Barisal, Rajshahi and Sylhet to expose the government’s “anti-people character”.

Awami League mayoral candidate Md Jahangir Alam won the GCC poll by defeating BNP-backed Hasan Uddin Sarker with a huge margin.

“We reject the Gazipur city election results and demand a re-election,” BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a press conference yesterday.

The press meet was held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office to give the party’s formal reaction to the GCC poll results.

“The BNP is taking part various local government elections as part of its movement to unveil the government’s shameful anti-people character and to establish democracy in the country. The party has also decided to take part in the upcoming city corporation elections in Barisal, Rajshahi and Sylhet,” Fakhrul added.

The BNP leader alleged that the government did not believe in democracy. “The government has invented a new tactic of vote rigging. It’s being applied in the name of holding polls,” he added.

The BNP leader accused the ruling Awami League of “snatching” the BNP’s victory in the GCC election by using the state machinery and threatening the media to refrain from presenting the real scenario. He said the Gazipur civic poll was held in the same manner as in Khulna.  

He appealed to the people to take a strong stand against vote rigging.

The party’s standing committee member, Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, claimed that the AL had surreptitiously cast a large number of votes on the night before the voting took place. “It’s clear by seeing the percentage of vote casting. It’s evident that the present government doesn’t believe in democracy,” he added.

Khandaker also alleged that many BNP agents were restrained from coming out of their houses and even barred from entering the voting centres.

According to the BNP leader, the government, EC and local administrations were together in the “conspiracy”.

Another BNP standing committee member, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, said: “It’s clear to all that the government is implementing an orchestrated election project. It was seen in the Khulna civic polls and now in Gazipur.”

As part of the project, a section of police and EC officials were grabbing polls one after the other, he alleged.

“We have to crack the government’s election project in order to get back democracy in the country,” he added.

The BNP leaders also demanded that the government release imprisoned BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia immediately.

Among others, BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moeen Khan, vice-chairman Shawkot Mahmud, joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon and advocate Ahmed Azam Khan were present at the press conference.

 

Gazipur city corporation poll

Govt resorts to vote rigging, says BNP

The BNP yesterday rejected the Gazipur City Corporation (GCC) poll as a mockery and demanded an immediate re-election. The party, however, mentioned that it would contest the civic body polls in Barisal, Rajshahi and Sylhet to expose the governments anti-people character. Awami League mayoral candidate Md Jahangir Alam won the GCC poll by defeating BNP-backed Hasan Uddin Sarker with a huge margin. We reject the Gazipur city election results and demand a re-election, BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said at a press conference yesterday. The press meet was held at the BNP chairpersons Gulshan office to give the partys formal reaction to the GCC poll results. The BNP is taking part various local government elections as part of its movement to unveil the governments shameful anti-people character and to establish democracy in the country. The party has also decided to take part in the upcoming city corporation elections in Barisal, Rajshahi and Sylhet, Fakhrul added. The BNP leader alleged that the government did not believe in democracy. The government has invented a new tactic of vote rigging. Its being applied in the name of holding polls, he added. The BNP leader accused the ruling Awami League of snatching the BNPs victory in the GCC election by using the state machinery and threatening the media to refrain from presenting the real scenario. He said the Gazipur civic poll was held in the same manner as in Khulna. He appealed to the people to take a strong stand against vote rigging. The partys standing committee member, Dr Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, claimed that the AL had surreptitiously cast a large number of votes on the night before the voting took place. Its clear by seeing the percentage of vote casting. Its evident that the present government doesnt believe in democracy, he added. Khandaker also alleged that many BNP agents were restrained from coming out of their houses and even barred from entering the voting centres. According to the BNP leader, the government, EC and local administrations were together in the conspiracy. Another BNP standing committee member, Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, said: Its clear to all that the government is implementing an orchestrated election project. It was seen in the Khulna civic polls and now in Gazipur. As part of the project, a section of police and EC officials were grabbing polls one after the other, he alleged. We have to crack the governments election project in order to get back democracy in the country, he added. The BNP leaders also demanded that the government release imprisoned BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia immediately. Among others, BNP standing committee member Dr Abdul Moeen Khan, vice-chairman Shawkot Mahmud, joint secretary general Khairul Kabir Khokon and advocate Ahmed Azam Khan were present at the press conference.