BNP seeks Gazipur SP’s withdrawal for fair polls

Logo of Gazipur city corporation
Logo of Gazipur city corporation

Just two days before the balloting, opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Sunday demanded the election commission withdraw the Gazipur Superintendent of Police (SP), Harun-ur-Rashid, in order to make Gazipur mayoral polls free and fair, reports UNB.

"We demanded that Gazipur SP Gazipur Harun-ur-Rashid be pulled out," BNP leader Abdul Moyeen Khan told reporters after a meeting with chief election commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda at the election commission secretariat in Agargaon of the capital.

During the meeting, a three-member BNP delegation, led by Moyeen Khan, also submitted a letter of the party containing its various demands and observations for holding the election in a fair and acceptable manner.

Moyeen Khan said the Gazipur SP is one of the main barriers to holding a credible election as he is playing a “partisan role and harassing BNP leaders and activists”.

He warned the government that the next general election will be affected if the Gazipur election is not held in a fair and neutral manner.

The BNP leader said they urged the commission to exert its constitutional power as an independent body so that voters can cast their votes without any fear and obstacle. "It's EC's responsibility to protect people's voting rights."

He said they also urged the commission to take step to stop harassment of BNP leaders and supports by police.