A bypoll in Bangladesh was once cancelled on Wednesday after applicants complained of rigging.
Electorate at a polling centre
Through Sahidul Hasan Khokon: The Election Fee of Bangladesh on Wednesday cancelled a Parliamentary bypoll because of allegations of irregularities. Leader Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday made the announcement, a few hours after announcing the election had long past out of keep an eye on.
Round 2 pm, Leader Election Commissioner Kazi Habibul Awal, and Election Commissioners Ahsan Habib Khan, Rasheda Sultana, and Md Alamgir held a gathering. The 5th member of the panel, Anisur Rahman, was once now not provide.
The Fee has the ability to prevent an election if it felt that votes weren’t being solid slightly, the CEC stated. “All of us monitored the placement. From the beginning we noticed irregularities in balloting and unauthorised and unlawful access into limited rooms,” he stated.
The ballot frame discovered proof of other folks both illegally supporting or forcing electorate to solid their votes, Awal stated. Lots of the polling brokers had been carrying the emblem in their respective events they usually had coordinated their outfits to spot themselves in a way that went towards rules.
“Our officers have been noticing those irregularities since morning. No person left their stations. Those incidents had been witnessed and those irregularities and malpractices had been fashionable,” Awal stated.
The Election Fee halted balloting at quite a lot of polling centres in accordance with those irregularities. “We spotted that CCTV feed was once disrupted at sure centres, which avoided us from amassing knowledge,” he stated.
Awal was once previous talking to journalists whilst tracking the polls thru a CCTV digital camera feed at Nirbachan Bhaban.
All applicants, apart from for Awami League’s Mahmud Hasan, have boycotted the Gaibandha-5 bypoll, alleging rigging.
Jatiya Birthday celebration candidate AHM Golam Shahid, Bikalpa Dhara’s Jahangir Alam, and unbiased applicants Nahiduzzaman Apel and Syed Mahbubur Rahman made the allegations at a press convention at Bagervita Executive Number one College within the Saghata upazila (administrative unit inside a district) of Gaibandha round 11:30 am.
“The brokers of Jatiya Birthday celebration and different applicants had been pressured to depart the polling centres. Their campaigners and supporters had been obstructed from getting into the centres,” Jatiya Birthday celebration candidate Ronju stated, mentioning the explanations at the back of their determination to boycott the bypoll.
Awami League candidate Mahmud Hasan denied the allegations and stated no such incident took place all through the bypoll.
Deputy Speaker of Parliament Fazle Rabbi Miah, who represented Gaibandha-5 constituency, kicked the bucket on July 22. Two days later, the Parliament secretariat declared the seat vacant.
Vote casting started at 88 centres in Saghata upazila and 57 in Fulchhari upazila at 8 am on Wednesday. The polling was once being hung on Digital Vote casting machines (EVMs) for the primary time at 952 cubicles in 145 centres. The overall choice of electorate within the constituency is 3,39,743.
