BNP candidate says his most polling agents ousted in CCC polls in Bangladesh
Shahadat Hossain
The BNP-backed mayoral candidate Shahadat Hossain alleged that his polling agents were ousted from almost all centres as the voting in Chattogram City Corporation elections got underway on Wednesday.
After casting his vote, he alleged robbing of votes and said that the administration was engaged in tricks so that the ruling Awami League candidate could win.
He, however, said that he would stay on the poll until the last minute to show irregularities in the elections to the world.
He exercised his voting power at B Ed College Polling centre at Paschim Bakalia in the city at about 10:00 am.
Seven candidates are running for the mayoral post in pols.
They are – Awami League’s Rezaul Karim Chowdhury, Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Shahadat Hossain, Bangladesh Islamic Front’s MA Matin, National People’s Party’s Abul Manzur, Islamic Front Bangladesh’s Wahed Murad, Islami Andolon Bangladesh’s Jannatul Islam and independent candidate Khokon Chowdhury.
There are 172 councillor candidates for 41 general wards and 57 reserve seats for women candidates.
A total of 25 platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh troopers were deployed in Chattogram city along with 9,000 police personnel ahead of the mayoral polls.
The BGB troopers have been patrolling the city since Monday night.
New Age
