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Maiden N’ganj city polls on Oct 30

Staff Correspondent
The newly declared Narayanganj City Corporation (NCC) will go to polls for the first time on October 30, the Election Commission announced yesterday.
The EC will do everything required to hold the polls in a free and fair manner, said Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda." I think it will be the last election before our tenure expires."
The tenure of the present EC will end in February next year. It was widely lauded for conducting the 2008 parliamentary elections in an impartial and free manner.
Declaring the schedule at a press conference at the EC secretariat, the polls chief outlined some measures including the use of CCTV (closed circuit television) at 25 polling centres and EVM (electronic voting machine) at nine wards during polling.
The last day for filing nominations has been set for October 2 and the last day for withdrawal of candidature is October 12. Election officials will scrutinise applications on October 4 and 5.
Thegovernmentin early May upgraded Narayanganj municipality to city corporation, abolishing Narayanganj and Siddhirganj municipalities.
According to the Local Government (City Corporation) Act, 2009, election to NCC must be held in 180 days since the date of declaring it a city corporation.
Over 4 lakh voters are entitled to exercise their franchise to elect a mayor, 27 councillors for as many general wards and nine councillors for as many wards reserved for women.
CEC Huda said prospective candidates will not be allowed to bring out procession or make showdown on the day of filing nomination papers.
Responding to a query, the CEC said they do not have any plan to ask the government for army deployment to main -tain security during the polls.
Some executive and judicial magistrates will be deployed to prevent violation of electoral code of conduct, he mentioned adding, several committees will be formed to monitor the election expenditures of the mayoral and councillor aspirants.
Two election commissioners Muhammed Sohul Hussein and Brig Gen (retd) M Sakhawat Hossain were present in the press briefing.
Since the declaration of NCC, local Awami League and BNP leaders have started working to prepare the ground for the upcoming bathe of ballots.
The prevailing atmosphere in the town suggests candidates backed by the two major parties will join the electoral race, which would trigger a heated political campaign.