Staff Reporter
Re-election of the suspended six upazilas will be held on April 6, Election Commission (EC) senior assistant secretary Md Abdul Baten said yesterday.
The upazilas are Brahmanbaria Sadar, Ramganj of Laksmipur, Barura of Comilla, Belkuchi of Sirajganj, Dighinala of Khagrachhary and Ukhia of Cox’s Bazar.
Polls to two upazilas of them were postponed before the January 22 upazila polling day and other four on the day of poll due to different irregularities including stuffing ballot box, intimidation and capturing polling centres.
“The Chief Election Commissioner Dr ATM Shamsul Huda and two Commissioners decided the date of re-poll in a meeting yesterday,” Abdul Baten added.
“Polls of another suspended 11 voting centres under 8 upazilas, those were also postponed on or before the polling day, will be held on April 16”, the EC official said.
The 11 centres are spread through Chowhali upazila in Sirajganj district, Islampur in Jamalpur, Nandail in Mymensing, Gazaria in Munsiganj, Rupganj in Narayanganj, Faridganj in Chandpur, Lakshmipur Sadar and Swandip upazila in Chittagang district.
The third upazila poll were held on January 22 to 475 upazilas out of 481 in 64 districts across the country as the EC suspended polls to the six upazilas.
Results of 447 upazilas have been published in the ‘first phase’ gazette.
Judicial inquiries would be held in 20 upazilas out of 34, omitted in the ‘first phase’ gazette, ground of different irregularities in these upazilas on the voting day.
“Decision about the upazilas, stain the result or re-poll, will be taken on the basis of reports of the judicial inquiries”, the Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda earlier in a week told reporters.
The CEC said, the commission would send directions to the law ministry for conducting judicial inquiries into the alleged irregularities in these Upazilas.
The 20 Upazilas, where partial or full results have been suspended and judicial inquiries ordered, are- Bancharampur, Araihazar, Teknaf, Kaliganj, Mehendiganj, Muradnagar, Raipura, Madarganj, Atpara, Pakundia, Chandina, Raipura, Harinakunda, Chhagolnaia, Ishwarganj, Gaforgaon, Madaripur Sadar, Jagannathpur, Ajmiriganj and Daudkandi.
Courtesy: nation.ittefaq.com
