The 10th parliamentary elections in three constituencies in Rangpur were held amid allegations of election engineering by the ruling party activists.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Jatiyo Party Chairman HM Ershad have contested in two constituencies in Rangpur and won from their respective seats.
At different polling centres, many alleged fake voters had casted votes more than once.
Each false voter had allegedly casted 50 to 100 votes. The polling agents of the candidates also hired women to cast the false votes.
When visited, the correspondent found the women polling booths of Pirgasa Barodorgah Government Primary School empty.
Saying that over 10% [300 out of 2,572] voters had casted votes, Presiding Officer of the centre Sardar Abu Shahed claimed that vote casting was fair.
Presiding Officer of Babukhan Primary School, one of the polling centres of HM Ershad’s constituency, said: “About 400 voters out of 1,700 have casted votes until 3pm. No polling agents of any candidates was seen at the polling centre.”
