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KHULNA CITY CORPORATION ELECTIONS 2018

Monju demands army deployment

OUR CORRESPONDENT, Khulna
The BNP-nominated mayoral candidate in the Khulna City Corporation election yesterday demanded immediate army deployment in the city.
Nazrul Islam Monju during a press briefing at his party office on KD Gosh Road in the city said, "Army must be deployed here immediately to ensure people's right to vote and to ensure a free and fair election."
In a direct violation of electoral rules, the government yesterday recommended appointment of a high official as a coordinator of the Khulna election office to monitor the election and to supervise the returning officers, he alleged.
The electoral law does not have any provision to supervise the returning officers, Monju said.
Echoing his demand, other BNP leaders present during the briefing alleged that the Election Commission and the administration are working in favour of the ruling party candidate as a ploy to get him elected.
BNP standing committee member Goyeshwar Chandra Roy said the government wants to elect the AL candidate by any means and it is detaining BNP leaders and activists against whom there have been no criminal cases.
A number of central leaders including standing committee members of BNP were also present at the briefing.
BNP LEADERS MEETCEC
Meanwhile, a BNP delegation led by its standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan held a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner KM Nurul Huda at Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital.
Emerging from the meeting, Nazrul told The Daily Star that they had urged the CEC to take immediate steps to ensure due atmosphere ahead of the KCC election by stopping harassment of BNP leaders and activists by law enforcers.
Nazrul also said the CEC had assured them of addressing the matter immediately.
At a different programme, BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain warned that the people would foil any attempt of vote-rigging in the KCC election.
Addressing a discussion at Jatiya Press Club, he said, "You [ AL| have staged a drama by going to the Election Commission with a complaint that there's no level-playing field [in Khulna). You did that because you have a plan to rig the vote"
The BNP leader alleged that police had arrested around 150 of their leaders and activists in Khulna as part of the ruling party's plan to influence the voting in Khulna.