‘It was a game of government versus public and government versus Taimur’
Taimur Alam Khandakar is seen at a press briefing during the NCC polls, Sunday, January 16, 2022 Mahmud Hossain Opu/Dhaka Tribune
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Publish : 16 Jan 2022, 11:43 PMUpdate : 16 Jan 2022, 11:42 PM
Defeated independent candidate in the Narayanganj City Corporation election Taimur Alam Khandaker has said that his defeat was also a defeat for the government..
He made the remarks at a press briefing after his defeat to Awami League mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy on Sunday evening.
“The defeat was of the government, not ours,” said Taimur, referring to the reported arrest of several of his men.
“They were identified as Hefazat-e-Islam members in the cases against them, even though many of them are Hindu,” he added.
He further claimed that eight of his supporters had been arrested since Sunday morning, including his Bandar upazila coordinator.
Besides, numerous raids were conducted against his supporters, including at his chief polling agent’s house, Taimur said.
“It is hard for an independent candidate to survive in these circumstances.”
According to him, Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were defective and slow in many centres, due to which many voters could not cast their vote and this contributed more to his defeat.
“It was a game of government vs public and government vs Taimur,” he said.
“Ask them what I have done for the City Corporation. The people of Narayanganj know. My blood has blended with the BNP,” he added.
Ivy, the country’s first female city mayor, also became the first person ever to be elected thrice as mayor of any city in the country after she secured a landslide victory by a margin of 69,102 votes over Taimur.
She bagged 1,61,273 votes while Taimur Alam polled 92,171.
Returning Officer Mahfuza Akter announced the results on Sunday evening, a few hours after voting ended. Voting had continued past 4 pm due to the slow pace of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and the presence of voters in some centers of Bandar upazila.
Taimur: NCC polls a defeat for the government
‘It was a game of government versus public and government versus Taimur’
Defeated independent candidate in the Narayanganj City Corporation election Taimur Alam Khandaker has said that his defeat was also a defeat for the government..
He made the remarks at a press briefing after his defeat to Awami League mayoral candidate Selina Hayat Ivy on Sunday evening.
“The defeat was of the government, not ours,” said Taimur, referring to the reported arrest of several of his men.
“They were identified as Hefazat-e-Islam members in the cases against them, even though many of them are Hindu,” he added.
He further claimed that eight of his supporters had been arrested since Sunday morning, including his Bandar upazila coordinator.
Besides, numerous raids were conducted against his supporters, including at his chief polling agent’s house, Taimur said.
“It is hard for an independent candidate to survive in these circumstances.”
According to him, Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were defective and slow in many centres, due to which many voters could not cast their vote and this contributed more to his defeat.
“It was a game of government vs public and government vs Taimur,” he said.
“Ask them what I have done for the City Corporation. The people of Narayanganj know. My blood has blended with the BNP,” he added.
Ivy, the country’s first female city mayor, also became the first person ever to be elected thrice as mayor of any city in the country after she secured a landslide victory by a margin of 69,102 votes over Taimur.
She bagged 1,61,273 votes while Taimur Alam polled 92,171.
Returning Officer Mahfuza Akter announced the results on Sunday evening, a few hours after voting ended. Voting had continued past 4 pm due to the slow pace of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) and the presence of voters in some centers of Bandar upazila.
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