Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retired) Ahsan Habib warned on Saturday that any voting centre where fake votes are cast will be closed immediately in the forthcoming upazila parishad election.
He made the remark while addressing a meeting with officials of field administration at the auditorium of Barisal Shilpakala Academy on Saturday.
Any kind of violence centring the upazila parishad election anywhere in the country won’t be tolerated, he warned.
“We want to hold a free and fair upazila parishad election slated for May 8 in Barisal Sadar and Bakerganj upazilas.”
Replying to a query, the commissioner said they are determined to hold a free and fair election without taking anyone’s side.
He also put forward some guidelines before the attending officials ahead of the election.
Upazila Parishad elections will be held in a fair and acceptable manner than any previous election, said the election commissioner while addressing another meeting in Pirojpur on Saturday evening.
At this time, he also said that the Election Commission is giving equal importance to all the candidates. So here it will not be seen who is heavyweight and who is less influential.
Dhaka Tribune's Barisal Correspondent Anisur Rahman Swapan and Pirojpur Correspondent Arif Mostafa contributed to the report.
