Election Commissioner Mohammad Abu Hafiz yesterday said violence during polls became a commonplace in the country.
“If violence does not occur during polls, it seems unusual. Our neighbouring country, India, also witnesses violence during polls,” he told reporters at the EC secretariat.
The commission had taken stern measures and that was why incidents of violence during polls were much less, Hafiz said.
The commissioner said holding election in a day had turned into a culture.
The commission was holding polls in phases for different reasons like SSC examinations, he mentioned, adding that the army assisted the election officials in holding polls.
The commission will sit today with the chiefs of law enforcement agencies, principal staff officer of armed forces division and officials concerned for talks on the deployment of lawmen to the Tangail 8 by-poll.
The Tangail 8 by-election would be held on March 29.