Mamun terms EC, local admin ‘biased’
The ruling Awami League-led alliance-backed candidate, Shawkat Hossain Hiron, also the outgoing mayor of Barisal city, on Tuesday apologised for mistakes during his
tenure and sought re-election in the upcoming mayoral election.
He sought the apology while announcing a 23-ponts election manifesto stressing to turn Barisal into a modern and beautiful city with expanded citizen services.
On other hand, another candidate Mahmudul Hoque Khan Mamun, a local Juba League leader, brought allegations of corruption against Hiron and accused the Election Commission and the local administration of biasness.
Mamun also announced his 19-point election manifesto promising to make BCC transparent, accountable and free from corruption and irregularities.
Hiron, announcing his manifesto in a meeting with the press at Ashwini Kumar Hall, said within a short tenure of 55 months as mayor he tried his best to ensure peace and prosperity and stop terrorism and extortion, drug peddling.
In the manifesto, Hiron highlighted expansion of development programmes for women, children and people with disability.
He also vowed to ensure healthy recreation and amusement facilities and favourable condition for investment, employment and industrialisation.
Meanwhile, Khan Mamun alleged that the ‘biased EC and administration’ had failed to maintain impartiality and were regularly harassing, threatening and suppressing his election campaigners.
He alleged that Hiron continued to break election conduct rule, using coloured bill-boards, running his campaign beyond the scheduled time while the administration and the EC did not take any action against him.
Announcing his election manifesto, Mamun said his first and most prior work would be to free BCC of corruption and irregularities, ensure maximum use of the announced budget.
-With New Age input
