BNP doesn't have the muscle. And tbh BNP doesn't even have that level of support from public which is needed for a successful uprising. Best thing for them is to stay quiet and wait Hasina out. Try to make secret deals with mid level Awami league leaders and the Army so that they can strike when Hasina is weak or out.
Opposition demand re-election after violence-marred polls
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Hardly anybody is unhappy with the election. Those who went to cast their votes saw little to no violence. It was a free and fair election
Even the neutral observers from oic, India Nepal expressed their satisfaction with the whole procedure. Its the losing parties who got rejected by the general public r spreading false propaganda.
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Khulna 1 constituency: 22,000 extra votes cast
Md Hedait Hossain Molla
Despite the total number of voters being 259,420, the boat symbol won 253,669 votes against the sheaf of paddy's 28,170 votes
In Khulna 1 constituency, 22,000 more votes than the total number of voters were received during the 11th general polls.
The discrepancy was noticed after Returning Officer Md Helal Hossain announced the results.
Initially, it was announced that from 107 centres under the constituency, the Awami League's boat symbol won a total of 253,669 votes, while BNP's sheaf of paddy symbol got 28,170 votes.
However, after Awami League was unofficially declared as the winner, the returning officer was informed that the total number of voters in the constituency was 259,420.
Later, at around 10pm, the results were re-announced. Awami League won with 172,059 votes and BNP clinched a total of 28,437 votes.
Md Hedait Hossain Molla
- Published at 10:11 am December 31st, 2018
Despite the total number of voters being 259,420, the boat symbol won 253,669 votes against the sheaf of paddy's 28,170 votes
In Khulna 1 constituency, 22,000 more votes than the total number of voters were received during the 11th general polls.
The discrepancy was noticed after Returning Officer Md Helal Hossain announced the results.
Initially, it was announced that from 107 centres under the constituency, the Awami League's boat symbol won a total of 253,669 votes, while BNP's sheaf of paddy symbol got 28,170 votes.
However, after Awami League was unofficially declared as the winner, the returning officer was informed that the total number of voters in the constituency was 259,420.
Later, at around 10pm, the results were re-announced. Awami League won with 172,059 votes and BNP clinched a total of 28,437 votes.
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Awami League cadres stopping woman from casting votes!!!
12:00 AM, December 31, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 05:37 AM, December 31, 2018
EVM proves prone to abuse
Some voters find it convenient
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla...showing-problems-slowing-down-polling-1680712
This woman could not vote because her fingerprint did not match at Dhaka Residential Model School polling centre. The photo in the database clearly indicates her. She was a voter of Dhaka-13 where Electronic Voting Machines were used. Photo: Palash Khan
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This woman could not vote because her fingerprint did not match at Dhaka Residential Model School polling centre. The photo in the database clearly indicates her. She was a voter of Dhaka-13 where Electronic Voting Machines were used. Photo: Palash Khan
Staff Correspondent
The Election Commission touted the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) as a foolproof alternative to the traditional method of ballot paper, but that too fell prey to sweeping abuse yesterday.
Some 5,045 EVMs were deployed in 845 polling centres in six constituencies -- Dhaka-6 and -13, Chattogram 9, Rangpur 3, Khulna 2 and Satkhira 2 -- and the common complaint of voters was that their ballots were cast by someone else in their presence.
This was feared by 40 of the registered parties, including the BNP and its allies, who said the deployment of the instrument would facilitate “the government's plan for election engineering”.
Voters are in a queue at Rayerbazar Community Centre in Dhaka city on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Photo: Sujit Sarker
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Voters are in a queue at Rayerbazar Community Centre in Dhaka city on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Photo: Sujit Sarker
Another problem with the new voting method used during the 11th general elections was that polling was halted for several hours at many booths for malfunctioning units.
In theory, the EVMs would be activated by the voter's smart card, voter number or national identification number.
The voter would then have to use his/her fingerprint for verification purpose and then proceed to cast vote on the balloting unit, which would be kept in a separate room.
As a result, the voting process would be immune to rigging. When the system worked as it was supposed to, the voting experience was quick and fuss-free, many said.
But what transpired for the most part yesterday was far from it: party activists preyed on voters, most of whom were unfamiliar with the workings of the EVM.
Take the case of Rahima Begum, a resident of CRB area under Kotwali Thana of Chattogram. She was eagerly looking forward to voting on the EVM, but her curiosity turned to despair at the polling booth.
A lady offered to guide her through the use of EVM. “She took my fingerprint and asked me to leave,” the 45-year-old told The Daily Star.
The confirmation on computer after successfully voting in EVM. Photo: Star/Sujit Sarker
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The confirmation on computer after successfully voting in EVM. Photo: Star/Sujit Sarker
She was told her voting was completed, much to her bewilderment. “When I tried to know on which symbol the vote was cast, they simply told me to leave,” Rahima added.
Similar accounts were heard from Khulna-2 constituency, particularly from female voters.
An excited Shelly Begum arrived to cast her vote at Sher-e-Bangla Primary School but a young lady pressed the button to cast the vote on the EVM -- before Shelly could do it herself.
“I could not cast my vote because of that lady,” said an annoyed Shelly.
Sarmin Sultana had a similar experience when she went to vote around 1:00pm. Two women of Awami League tried to enter the voting room with her to guide her through the process.
But when she declined their help, they dragged her out of the centre.
When it was not the case of unwitting voters being exploited, it was the party activists themselves who proceeded to cast votes for absentee voters on the EVM with the help of presiding officers.
Our correspondent visited Wari Girls' Government Primary School at about 2:20pm and saw a young man giving voting numbers to the polling officer, who was inputting the numbers on the EVM one by one.
The voters' profiles were flashing on the screen -- and none of the photos that came up matched with the faces nearby. The young man was using his fingerprint to unlock the voting page for the numbers and understandably they would not match.
Then another man swooped in and used his fingerprint, which unlocked the voting page. Soon after, the correspondent saw that the screen was flashing the message: 'Your voting has been completed'.
When the fingerprints do not match on the EVM, the assistant presiding officers have the authority to unlock the system for 25 percent of the cases.
The correspondent then went to Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya next, where he saw a similar sight.
In fact, it was more pronounced here: almost all the polling booths had someone else casting votes on behalf of others.
The correspondent approached the presiding officer Shahidur Rahman Khan in his cabin and informed him of the incidents. “I do not know anything of this nature,” he said.
Similar scenes of the system being gamed were seen at the voting centres of Dhaka-6.
At about 3:00pm at Kamrunnesa Government Girls High School, a lady was complaining at the top of her voice that her vote had already been cast. Agitated, she went to the presiding officer to inform of the foul play, but it came to no use.
The correspondent then went up to the polling officer, who seemed resigned to what was unfolding at venue. “There is nothing I can do about it,” he said, requesting anonymity.
Another correspondent arrived at the Sutrapur Community Centre 10 minutes before polls closed and found the venue buzzing with people.
Security forces came in and asked everyone except the polling agents to leave. A swarm of people rushed to leave the venue, and all were wearing badges of the Grand Alliance.
Asked about the large presence of people with no EC passes, the polling agent Fahad said: “It's because the EVM is complicated to use -- we had volunteers to guide them through the process.”
Over at Dhaka-13, voting was paused at six booths in five centres for two to six hours for malfunctioning EVMs. Those who arrived in that time frame had to leave without voting.
The Daily Star visited 17 centres in the constituency and found several machines were unable to read fingerprints.
At Mohammadpur Girls High School, a man complained that polling agents wearing 'Boat' badges were shadowing voters to the balloting room and intimidating them to cast their vote for Awami League.
Awami League candidate Sadek Khan was contesting against BNP's Abdus Salam and Jatiya Party's Shafiqul Islam for the seat.
Voting was still going on at the venue at around 4:15pm.
The assistant presiding officer was seen helping five youths unlock the voting system with his fingerprint. As a photographer tried to take a picture, a youth wearing the 'Boat' badge threatened her and told her to leave.
Over at Satkhira-2, EVMs in two booths of Mridanga and Rajnagar centres were not functioning from the onset. The devices were flown in by helicopter to Dhaka for repair. They were not returned to booths until 3:00pm, our correspondent reported.
A similar incident took place at Nurpur Government Primary School of Rangpur-3 constituency. After being repaired in Dhaka, the EVM was flown in to the venue at about 4:00pm, when voting started again and went on until 6:00pm.
But it was not all bad news: many voters quite enjoyed casting their votes with the EVM.
“It took all of three minutes to cast my vote,” said Mohammad Sohel, a 30-year-old voter after casting his vote at Suritola Model Government Primary School.
Just two buttons need to be pressed to cast one's vote, said Osama Rahman, a young voter.
“It's just so easy to use,” he added.
Delwar Hossain Khokon, a 40-year-old, waxed lyrical about the system after casting his vote at Banglabazar Government Primary School.
“It is a good system if there are no anomalies in voting,” he said.
12:00 AM, December 31, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 05:37 AM, December 31, 2018
EVM proves prone to abuse
Some voters find it convenient
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla...showing-problems-slowing-down-polling-1680712
This woman could not vote because her fingerprint did not match at Dhaka Residential Model School polling centre. The photo in the database clearly indicates her. She was a voter of Dhaka-13 where Electronic Voting Machines were used. Photo: Palash Khan
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This woman could not vote because her fingerprint did not match at Dhaka Residential Model School polling centre. The photo in the database clearly indicates her. She was a voter of Dhaka-13 where Electronic Voting Machines were used. Photo: Palash Khan
Staff Correspondent
The Election Commission touted the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) as a foolproof alternative to the traditional method of ballot paper, but that too fell prey to sweeping abuse yesterday.
Some 5,045 EVMs were deployed in 845 polling centres in six constituencies -- Dhaka-6 and -13, Chattogram 9, Rangpur 3, Khulna 2 and Satkhira 2 -- and the common complaint of voters was that their ballots were cast by someone else in their presence.
This was feared by 40 of the registered parties, including the BNP and its allies, who said the deployment of the instrument would facilitate “the government's plan for election engineering”.
Voters are in a queue at Rayerbazar Community Centre in Dhaka city on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Photo: Sujit Sarker
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Voters are in a queue at Rayerbazar Community Centre in Dhaka city on Sunday, December 30, 2018. Photo: Sujit Sarker
Another problem with the new voting method used during the 11th general elections was that polling was halted for several hours at many booths for malfunctioning units.
In theory, the EVMs would be activated by the voter's smart card, voter number or national identification number.
The voter would then have to use his/her fingerprint for verification purpose and then proceed to cast vote on the balloting unit, which would be kept in a separate room.
As a result, the voting process would be immune to rigging. When the system worked as it was supposed to, the voting experience was quick and fuss-free, many said.
But what transpired for the most part yesterday was far from it: party activists preyed on voters, most of whom were unfamiliar with the workings of the EVM.
Take the case of Rahima Begum, a resident of CRB area under Kotwali Thana of Chattogram. She was eagerly looking forward to voting on the EVM, but her curiosity turned to despair at the polling booth.
A lady offered to guide her through the use of EVM. “She took my fingerprint and asked me to leave,” the 45-year-old told The Daily Star.
The confirmation on computer after successfully voting in EVM. Photo: Star/Sujit Sarker
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The confirmation on computer after successfully voting in EVM. Photo: Star/Sujit Sarker
She was told her voting was completed, much to her bewilderment. “When I tried to know on which symbol the vote was cast, they simply told me to leave,” Rahima added.
Similar accounts were heard from Khulna-2 constituency, particularly from female voters.
An excited Shelly Begum arrived to cast her vote at Sher-e-Bangla Primary School but a young lady pressed the button to cast the vote on the EVM -- before Shelly could do it herself.
“I could not cast my vote because of that lady,” said an annoyed Shelly.
Sarmin Sultana had a similar experience when she went to vote around 1:00pm. Two women of Awami League tried to enter the voting room with her to guide her through the process.
But when she declined their help, they dragged her out of the centre.
When it was not the case of unwitting voters being exploited, it was the party activists themselves who proceeded to cast votes for absentee voters on the EVM with the help of presiding officers.
Our correspondent visited Wari Girls' Government Primary School at about 2:20pm and saw a young man giving voting numbers to the polling officer, who was inputting the numbers on the EVM one by one.
The voters' profiles were flashing on the screen -- and none of the photos that came up matched with the faces nearby. The young man was using his fingerprint to unlock the voting page for the numbers and understandably they would not match.
Then another man swooped in and used his fingerprint, which unlocked the voting page. Soon after, the correspondent saw that the screen was flashing the message: 'Your voting has been completed'.
When the fingerprints do not match on the EVM, the assistant presiding officers have the authority to unlock the system for 25 percent of the cases.
The correspondent then went to Sher-e-Bangla Balika Mahavidyalaya next, where he saw a similar sight.
In fact, it was more pronounced here: almost all the polling booths had someone else casting votes on behalf of others.
The correspondent approached the presiding officer Shahidur Rahman Khan in his cabin and informed him of the incidents. “I do not know anything of this nature,” he said.
Similar scenes of the system being gamed were seen at the voting centres of Dhaka-6.
At about 3:00pm at Kamrunnesa Government Girls High School, a lady was complaining at the top of her voice that her vote had already been cast. Agitated, she went to the presiding officer to inform of the foul play, but it came to no use.
The correspondent then went up to the polling officer, who seemed resigned to what was unfolding at venue. “There is nothing I can do about it,” he said, requesting anonymity.
Another correspondent arrived at the Sutrapur Community Centre 10 minutes before polls closed and found the venue buzzing with people.
Security forces came in and asked everyone except the polling agents to leave. A swarm of people rushed to leave the venue, and all were wearing badges of the Grand Alliance.
Asked about the large presence of people with no EC passes, the polling agent Fahad said: “It's because the EVM is complicated to use -- we had volunteers to guide them through the process.”
Over at Dhaka-13, voting was paused at six booths in five centres for two to six hours for malfunctioning EVMs. Those who arrived in that time frame had to leave without voting.
The Daily Star visited 17 centres in the constituency and found several machines were unable to read fingerprints.
At Mohammadpur Girls High School, a man complained that polling agents wearing 'Boat' badges were shadowing voters to the balloting room and intimidating them to cast their vote for Awami League.
Awami League candidate Sadek Khan was contesting against BNP's Abdus Salam and Jatiya Party's Shafiqul Islam for the seat.
Voting was still going on at the venue at around 4:15pm.
The assistant presiding officer was seen helping five youths unlock the voting system with his fingerprint. As a photographer tried to take a picture, a youth wearing the 'Boat' badge threatened her and told her to leave.
Over at Satkhira-2, EVMs in two booths of Mridanga and Rajnagar centres were not functioning from the onset. The devices were flown in by helicopter to Dhaka for repair. They were not returned to booths until 3:00pm, our correspondent reported.
A similar incident took place at Nurpur Government Primary School of Rangpur-3 constituency. After being repaired in Dhaka, the EVM was flown in to the venue at about 4:00pm, when voting started again and went on until 6:00pm.
But it was not all bad news: many voters quite enjoyed casting their votes with the EVM.
“It took all of three minutes to cast my vote,” said Mohammad Sohel, a 30-year-old voter after casting his vote at Suritola Model Government Primary School.
Just two buttons need to be pressed to cast one's vote, said Osama Rahman, a young voter.
“It's just so easy to use,” he added.
Delwar Hossain Khokon, a 40-year-old, waxed lyrical about the system after casting his vote at Banglabazar Government Primary School.
“It is a good system if there are no anomalies in voting,” he said.
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Firstly, I think it is the need of common people than BNP to create movement.
And, BNP should not do anything without any external or army support first.
AL came to power with the support of army and India. So does BNP should do, cos unfortunately it works here.
BNP should make deal with AL to release Khaleda, and then Khaleda should leave for London if she wants not to die in the cell. And then BNP should wait few years.
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02:24 PM, December 30, 2018 / LAST MODIFIED: 03:33 AM, December 31, 2018
Lunch break during voting!
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla...lunch-break-at-dhaka-7-voting-centres-1680772
Staff Correspondent
Lunch break at Lalbagh Number 2 Primary School would be a mundane affair had it not been a polling centre in Dhaka-7 constituency.
According to regulations, the Election Commission mandates uninterrupted voting across all centres from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
And the reason for this unprecedented lunch break? Free packets of biriyani doled out by AL candidate Haji Mohammad Selim. Even the boxes were custom-made with the candidate's face and election symbol “boat” on it. As polling officers munched on, fingers knuckle-deep in greasy biryani, voters queued up outside and shouted to be let in.
The main gate of Shahidnagar Primary School in Keraniganj remained closed to voters for more than one hour because of a “lunch break”. Photo: Rashed Shumon
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The main gate of Shahidnagar Primary School in Keraniganj remained closed to voters for more than one hour because of a “lunch break”. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A similar scenario was in Rahamatullah High School of Lalbagh, where lunch break began around 1:30pm. “Our polling agents are having lunch, no one can enter,” said men bearing “boat” ID cards to this correspondent. Only select one or two voters were being allowed in, while a mob formed outside.
Riaz Uddin was one voter who managed to slip inside. “I had been waiting for an hour. Every time a queue formed, the AL volunteers dispersed the line saying there is no voting going on here. I managed to get in behind someone after about an hour!”
Meanwhile, half an hour into the lunch break, voters could be heard banging on the gates to be let in.
Sabbir Biswas, presiding officer at Rahamatullah School, told The Daily Star that he has informed the police about the “lunch break”.
When the gates were finally opened, all was quiet in front of the centre -- most of the frustrated voters had left.
KM Bashir Government Primary School of the same constituency was closed between 1:00pm and 2:00pm.
The Daily Star correspondent sneaked inside but was forced out by the police because of “lunch break”.
When asked about it, a presiding officer said, “You have been misinformed. There is no lunch break.”
“You've seen what's happening here; I do not want to talk about this,” said another presiding officer.
This correspondent witnessed some women voters turn away without voting because the rooms were empty.
While visiting Future Gen International School polling centre at Moneswar Road, 25 women were seen standing in a queue.
Election officers seen eating inside Azimpur Girls High School mid-day. They suspended voting for about an hour and kept voters waiting outside. Photo: Star/Ananta Yousuf
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Election officers seen eating inside Azimpur Girls High School mid-day. They suspended voting for about an hour and kept voters waiting outside. Photo: Star/Ananta Yousuf
One of them told this correspondent that she was waiting for nearly half an hour but couldn't cast her vote as voting remained suspended due to lunch break.
The presiding officer of the polling station admitted that voting was “paused” so that election officials could have lunch but did not give any reply when he was asked why this was being done flouting the rules.
A police official, standing next to the presiding officer, said voting was stopped only for five minutes.
Vote rigging by the name of lunch break!!
Lunch break during voting!
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangla...lunch-break-at-dhaka-7-voting-centres-1680772
Staff Correspondent
Lunch break at Lalbagh Number 2 Primary School would be a mundane affair had it not been a polling centre in Dhaka-7 constituency.
According to regulations, the Election Commission mandates uninterrupted voting across all centres from 8:00am to 4:00pm.
And the reason for this unprecedented lunch break? Free packets of biriyani doled out by AL candidate Haji Mohammad Selim. Even the boxes were custom-made with the candidate's face and election symbol “boat” on it. As polling officers munched on, fingers knuckle-deep in greasy biryani, voters queued up outside and shouted to be let in.
The main gate of Shahidnagar Primary School in Keraniganj remained closed to voters for more than one hour because of a “lunch break”. Photo: Rashed Shumon
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The main gate of Shahidnagar Primary School in Keraniganj remained closed to voters for more than one hour because of a “lunch break”. Photo: Rashed Shumon
A similar scenario was in Rahamatullah High School of Lalbagh, where lunch break began around 1:30pm. “Our polling agents are having lunch, no one can enter,” said men bearing “boat” ID cards to this correspondent. Only select one or two voters were being allowed in, while a mob formed outside.
Riaz Uddin was one voter who managed to slip inside. “I had been waiting for an hour. Every time a queue formed, the AL volunteers dispersed the line saying there is no voting going on here. I managed to get in behind someone after about an hour!”
Meanwhile, half an hour into the lunch break, voters could be heard banging on the gates to be let in.
Sabbir Biswas, presiding officer at Rahamatullah School, told The Daily Star that he has informed the police about the “lunch break”.
When the gates were finally opened, all was quiet in front of the centre -- most of the frustrated voters had left.
KM Bashir Government Primary School of the same constituency was closed between 1:00pm and 2:00pm.
The Daily Star correspondent sneaked inside but was forced out by the police because of “lunch break”.
When asked about it, a presiding officer said, “You have been misinformed. There is no lunch break.”
“You've seen what's happening here; I do not want to talk about this,” said another presiding officer.
This correspondent witnessed some women voters turn away without voting because the rooms were empty.
While visiting Future Gen International School polling centre at Moneswar Road, 25 women were seen standing in a queue.
Election officers seen eating inside Azimpur Girls High School mid-day. They suspended voting for about an hour and kept voters waiting outside. Photo: Star/Ananta Yousuf
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Election officers seen eating inside Azimpur Girls High School mid-day. They suspended voting for about an hour and kept voters waiting outside. Photo: Star/Ananta Yousuf
One of them told this correspondent that she was waiting for nearly half an hour but couldn't cast her vote as voting remained suspended due to lunch break.
The presiding officer of the polling station admitted that voting was “paused” so that election officials could have lunch but did not give any reply when he was asked why this was being done flouting the rules.
A police official, standing next to the presiding officer, said voting was stopped only for five minutes.
Vote rigging by the name of lunch break!!
It is still good to see more votes were cast because in most of the Constituencies many voters failed to arrive because of fear of being beaten by the BAL/BCL hooligans.
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Vote rigging of Awami League captured by Sylhet BNP candidate Khandakar Muktadir
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What if these 22,000 (nice round number btw) votes were 99% BAL and basically ballot stuffing that arrived late?
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So about 94% seats for winning alliance (Govt alliance aka BAL)…… and about 80% seats for BAL alone lollllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
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'AL men' beat up Hero Alam
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/al-men-beat-hero-alam-1681063
Our correspondent, Bogura
Ashraful Hossen Alam (Hero Alam), who contested yesterday as an independent candidate from Bogura-4 (Kahalu and Nandigram upazilas), was beaten allegedly by AL men while he was visiting a polling center in Chakolma Govt Primary School in Nandigram upazila.
A video clip of the incident went viral on online platforms yesterday evening.
Speaking to The Daily Star, Hero said that after he heard that AL men were “stuffing ballots” at the centre, he went there. “At least 15 AL men, including Nandigram upazila's Krishak League president, attacked and beat me badly,” he said.
The attackers allegedly asked why he was creating violence while they were voting peacefully. Hero claimed that he was earlier attacked at the Bagdara polling centre.
“Wherever I visited, AL men threaten me, rushed behind me. Therefore, I announced that I will boycott the polls around 2:00pm yesterday at a press conference,” he said.
Hero alleged that opposition candidates also threatened his agents, beat them, and kicked them out from the polling centers after which they began stuffing ballots the night before the polls. “I went to the presiding officers and the administration but got no response,” he said.
“Therefore, I gave a written complaint to the Returning Officer with my allegations yesterday afternoon,” he added.
Officer-In-Charge of Nandigram Police Station Nasir Uddin said they heard of the incident but Hero did not go to them with a complaint. “We will investigate the matter and action will be taken accordingly,” he said.
The RO of Bogura said he had received Hero's written complaint around 3:40pm yesterday.
When asked what action would be taken in this regard, RO Foyez Ahmed said, “There is nothing to take action for. He made allegations, we heard them.”
However, when he was reminded that the allegation was made by a candidate accusing AL men of assault, he said, “Let's see, action will be taken later.”
Awami Leagues cadres beat up independent candidate Hero Alam for protesting irregularities:
'AL men' beat up Hero Alam
https://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-national-election-2018/news/al-men-beat-hero-alam-1681063
Our correspondent, Bogura
Ashraful Hossen Alam (Hero Alam), who contested yesterday as an independent candidate from Bogura-4 (Kahalu and Nandigram upazilas), was beaten allegedly by AL men while he was visiting a polling center in Chakolma Govt Primary School in Nandigram upazila.
A video clip of the incident went viral on online platforms yesterday evening.
Speaking to The Daily Star, Hero said that after he heard that AL men were “stuffing ballots” at the centre, he went there. “At least 15 AL men, including Nandigram upazila's Krishak League president, attacked and beat me badly,” he said.
The attackers allegedly asked why he was creating violence while they were voting peacefully. Hero claimed that he was earlier attacked at the Bagdara polling centre.
“Wherever I visited, AL men threaten me, rushed behind me. Therefore, I announced that I will boycott the polls around 2:00pm yesterday at a press conference,” he said.
Hero alleged that opposition candidates also threatened his agents, beat them, and kicked them out from the polling centers after which they began stuffing ballots the night before the polls. “I went to the presiding officers and the administration but got no response,” he said.
“Therefore, I gave a written complaint to the Returning Officer with my allegations yesterday afternoon,” he added.
Officer-In-Charge of Nandigram Police Station Nasir Uddin said they heard of the incident but Hero did not go to them with a complaint. “We will investigate the matter and action will be taken accordingly,” he said.
The RO of Bogura said he had received Hero's written complaint around 3:40pm yesterday.
When asked what action would be taken in this regard, RO Foyez Ahmed said, “There is nothing to take action for. He made allegations, we heard them.”
However, when he was reminded that the allegation was made by a candidate accusing AL men of assault, he said, “Let's see, action will be taken later.”
Awami Leagues cadres beat up independent candidate Hero Alam for protesting irregularities:
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