News Desk : dhakamirror.com
Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairman Tarique Rahman is set to deliver an electoral address to the nation on the Bangladesh Television on February 9, ahead of the upcoming referendum and national elections scheduled for February 12.
The Election Commission (EC) has instructed BTV to make the necessary arrangements. The information was disclosed in a letter sent on Tuesday by EC Public Relations Director Md Ruhul Amin Mallik.
Creating an environment conducive to polls is crucial for a free, fair and credible election, and providing equal access to electioneering opportunities on state-run media is an important part of fostering such an environment, the commission underlined in the letter.
All party leaders are entitled to request a broadcast slot through formal applications and so far, the BNP remains the only party to have applied, Ruhul Amin said.
In the letter, the commission issued a set of instructions on the allocation of slot for airing the electoral addresses of party chiefs.
According to the instructions, slots would be assigned on strictly in the order in which the parties submit the applications, in line with the National Parliament Election Code of Conduct 2025.
The instructiond said that BTV would determine both the slot allocation and the duration of each party leader’s broadcast, coordinating recording dates and times with the relevant parties.
Since no applications have been received from parties other than the BNP, the BNP chief’s address has been scheduled for the final slot on February 9, said the instructions.
