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This woman was forced to vote in public. Taken yesterday from the Alexander School Center in Ramgati, Laxmipur. Photo: Kaler Kantho
The fourth round of the municipal elections was not without violence. Voting took place in 55 municipalities on Sunday amid missing candidates, shootings, attacks, murders and irregularities. There have also been reports of irregularities, including seizure of ballots, forced sealing of ballots, entering secret rooms, stamping of the ruling party’s candidate symbol and pressing the EVM button, and expulsion of opposition agents. of the electoral colleges. Somewhere the night before the election, there were reports of threats from activists and supporters of rival candidates. In raising these accusations, 12 mayoral candidates, including eight BNP candidates in 9 municipalities, announced they would boycott the elections.
However, the Electoral Commission did not take responsibility for the violence and irregularities, claiming that the vote was good.
And the Awami League candidates say that Dhan Sheaf’s candidates have brought false charges to question the election and withdraw from the election knowing certain defeat.
Clashes, irregularities and boycotts: The votes were boycotted in Ramgati in Laxmipur, Taherpur in Bagmara in Rajshahi, Faridganj in Chandpur, Jivannagar in Chuadanga, Bajitpur in Kishoreganj, Mirkadim in Munshiganj, Baraigram in Natore, Akhaura and Bagiaha in Brahmanbariaha.
Attacks, clashes, shelling and bombs took place in Patia in Chittagong, Faridganj in Chandpur, Lalmonirhat, Mirkadim in Munshiganj, Sonaimuri in Noakhali and Kalihati in Tangail. At least 33 people were injured in the violence. The brother of a candidate for councilor was stabbed to death in Patia.
Abdul Mabud, younger brother of Abdul Mannan, a candidate for councilor of District No. 6, was stabbed to death by an opponent during a shootout between two councilor candidates in Patia municipality. There was fire. At least 12 other people were injured in the clashes. It has been reported that a group of terrorists took away Abdul Khaleq, the candidate for councilor of the municipality’s No. 1 district in the morning. Additional Police Superintendent Tariq Rahman of Patia Circle said: “We have received a complaint in this regard.” Efforts are being made to rescue him.
Candidate for mayor of Bagerhat Municipality for BNP candidate. Saeed Niaz Hossain announced the boycott at a press conference at Bagerhat Press Club around 2pm. He alleges that on the eve of the vote, his leaders, agents and supporters went from house to house threatening him. His agents were not allowed into many centers in the morning. Officers have been expelled from some centers. Occupying the center, they voted publicly by pressing the button on the EVM. On the other hand, according to the Awami League candidate Khan Habibur Rahman, the candidate with the top symbol of rice has filed false accusations to challenge the election.
Imam Hossain, a BNP-backed mayoral candidate, withdrew from the polls in Chandpur’s Faridpur Township just two hours after the polls started. “There was no healthy voting environment, so I boycotted the elections,” he told a press conference at his home in the Faridganj bus stop area at 10 am. According to the investigation, the BNP was unable to provide any agent for the party candidate in 13 centers in the municipality due to internal disputes. In District 8 of the same municipality, there was a fight between supporters of two rival candidates for councilors. Ali Haider Tipu Pathan and 10 other people were injured in the incident. Among them, Tipu Pathan was admitted to Chandpur General Hospital with serious injuries.
Shortly after the polls began in Lalmonirhat Township, supporters of the ship symbol clashed with supporters of the Awami League rebel and the BNP candidate at various centers. A journalist was attacked by the people of the ruling party.
BNP mayoral candidate Mizanur Rahman, in Mirkadim municipality of Munshiganj, spoke to journalists around 3.15pm. At this time he announced boycotting the vote. “I, my wife and my son’s wife were not allowed to vote,” he said.
A local journalist named Sihab Ahmed was attacked in the presence of the police at the Enayetnagar High School polling station in District 8 of the township. His mobile phone and camera were taken away.
In Narsingdi Municipality, the Returns Officer has suspended three polling stations in District No. 6 for allegedly snatching ballots and one polling station in District No. 4 for other irregularities. Furthermore, the Basail government primary school and the Kamargaon government primary school were accused of occupying 18 polling stations and voting for the ship symbol in public. The independent rebel Awami League candidate, SM Qayyum, has made viral through social networks two video clips of the Basail and Kamargaon polling stations.
In the Sonaimuri municipality of Noakhali, there were sporadic shelling outside the center, the snatching of ballot boxes, forced sealing and persecution among supporters of rival candidates. Voting at the Kanthalia Mohammadia Hafezia Noorani Madrasa center in district 8 of the municipality was declared closed at 1:00 p.m. due to allegations of irregularities. In the morning, outside the Batra government primary school in District 8, clashes broke out between supporters of the boat and supporters of the candidate for councilor. At least five people, including one, were injured in the incident.
BNP mayoral candidate Abu Naeem Shamsur Rahman boycotted the polls in Taherpur, one of Rajshahi’s four municipalities, citing widespread fraud. About an hour before the polls closed, he boycotted the polls, citing the lack of an enabling environment. The candidate ship’s supporters cast false votes by occupying the majority of the polling stations in the district’s Naohata Township. Leaders and activists from the Chhatra League and the Juba League went to occupy the Bagdhani government primary school around 11 a.m. These followers of the candidate with the boat symbol were hunted by the followers of another candidate and the local people. At that time, Jasim Uddin, a Rajshahi cameraman from Bangladesh, was injured by a brick. Several others were injured in clashes between the two sides. Subsequently, voting was stopped at that center.
Anwar Hossain Kaiser, Deputy Secretary of the Rangamati District Chhatra League, posted a picture of the vote for the ship symbol in the EVM inside the cabin in the Rangamati municipal elections via social media.
In the Sherpur municipal elections, two or three people were seen entering the secret rooms of the Mirganj government primary school and the Al-Falah center for pre-cadets and secondary schools together, forcing many past and current leaders of the BCL to stand by the secret rooms and vote. for the ship symbol.
Five people from both sides were injured in a clash between BNP and Juba League in front of the Haripur government primary school in Tangail’s Kalihati municipality at around 12:30 pm. Two of them have been admitted to the Kalihati Upazila Health Complex. Others have received first aid at a local clinic.
Ruling party agents were seen entering the secret rooms of the Sabuj Goalpara Government Primary School in District 2 and the Government Children’s Secondary School in District 4 of Thakurgaon Township.
Four mayoral candidates, including BNP candidate Shahed Ali, have boycotted the Laxmipur Ramgati municipality elections. The other three are Alamgir Hossain of the Jatiya Party, independent candidates Abi Abdullah and Jamal Uddin. They announced a boycott of the polls around 10 a.m., accusing them of beating agents during the polls and expelling them from the center and taking positions of ship agents in secret cabins.
BNP candidate Ehsan Kufia announced his boycott at a press conference in Bajitpur, Kishoreganj. He blamed the administration for the irregularities. However, the Bajitpur Return Officer and the UN Diptimayi Zaman denied the allegation.
BNP mayoral candidate Isaac Ali announced a boycott of the polls in the Baraigram municipality of Natore at a press conference at 1.30pm.
In this regard, the mayoral candidate of the Awami League, Majeedul Bari, said: “The announcement to boycott the vote is planned in advance.”
The rebel Awami League candidate, Juba League activist Shafiqul Islam Khan, boycotted the polls at 10 am on charges of rigging the Akhaura township elections in Brahmanbaria. He alleged that the people on the ship voted for themselves as soon as the voters gave their fingerprints at the EVM.
The EC did not take responsibility: Election Commission Secretary Humayun Kabir Khandaker spoke to journalists at the Elections Building in Agargaon after the elections ended yesterday. He said there was a good vote.
He blamed the two rival candidates for the loss of life in the clashes in Patiya, Chittagong. Humayun Kabir said that even after the killings, there was an atmosphere conducive to voting and voting was peaceful. He said the vote was peaceful across the country.
Results of the municipal elections: Bagerhat Sadar, Habiganj cunarughata Kachua and Faridganj, Natore Baraigram, Thakurgaon Sadar and Ranishankail, Jessore and Chaugachha, Patuakhali Kalapara, Noakhali Chatkhil and Sonaimuri, Faridganj, Khagrachari Patirangapurga, Mypurgapurua, Chirirangapurga, Mypurgapurua, Churgapurga, Mypurgapurga Matiranga, and Sonaimuri , Bandarban, Goalland from Rajbari, Kanaighat from Sylhet, Chougachha from Jessore, Melandah from Jamalpur, Mirkadim from Munshiganj, Gopalpur and Kalihati from Tangail, Akbangmai from Kalpati, Chapainawabganj. Comilla’s Patmanitia and Chabarndongishna, Bandaria de Comilla, Daudkandi and Chatagnahna, Bandarban. Akhaura, Karimganj from Kishoreganj, Bajitpur and Hossainpur, Madhabdi from Narsingdi, Netrokona Sadar, Banaripara from Barisal and Muladi have been nominated by the Awami League. The rebel (independent) candidates of the Awami League in Rajbari and Lalmonirhat municipalities and the independent candidates in the Trishal municipality of Mymensingh have been privately chosen. The candidate nominated by the BNP won in the municipality of Satkhira privately.
(Local Kaler Kaler Kantho representatives helped compile the report)
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