Islami Andolan Bangladesh-backed mayoral candidate Abdul Awal (hand fan) has claimed when voters press the hand fan symbol, the electronic voting machines at a polling centre in Khulna are displaying the boat symbol instead.
“This is a big problem,” He said after casting his vote at Darul Qur'an Hafizia Madrasa, at 10am on Monday.
The incident has been reported in Satellite Town High School centre in ward no 12.
The presiding officer of that centre, Mohammad Anarul Kabir, however, dismissed the allegations made by Abdul Awal.
He stated: “Islami Andolan Bangladesh-backed mayoral candidate alleged that a voter cast his vote for the hand fan and the EVM displayed the boat symbol instead. We found no truth in this allegation.
“It is likely that these accusations have been made with the intention of causing unrest,” he added.
Voting for the 31 wards of Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls began at 8am on Monday.
The voting will take place via electronic voting machines (EVMs) at 289 centres till 4pm.
A total of 2,320 CCTV cameras have been installed both inside and outside 1,732 polling booths.
As many as 535,522 voters, including 268,828 male and 266,698 female, will cast their votes in the KCC polls.
Several voters at Khulna City Corporation (KCC) polls have expressed their satisfaction with the use of electronic Voting Machines (EVMs).
One voter, Mojammel Haque, said it took him 20 seconds to cast his vote through EVM at National Girls High School centre in ward no 18.
Another voter, Marufa Begum, said: “This is the first time I used EVM. It took five minutes, as I had to understand it first. However, the environment at the polling centre was good.”
Latifa Begum, a voter at the National Government Primary School centre in ward no 19, said that she voted for the second time through EVM. “There was no problem.”
