Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad has said the overall achievements of the commission faded because of irregularities and violence during the second phase of union parishad polls.
“This phase ended well … it was better than the first phase,” he told reporters at the EC’s media centre. “The commission took cautionary measures to conduct the polls in a free and peaceful manner after the experience in the first phase. Despite this, violence and irregularities took place in some union parishads.”
Meanwhile, the BNP yesterday warned that they would boycott the UP elections if the irregularities continued. They also demanded re-election.
On the other hand, the ruling Awami League has termed the second phase of elections free and fair.
“There were some problems only in 22 centres. So there is no way to raise question over the polls,” Joint General Secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif told a press brief at the party’s Dhanmondi office.
