STAFF CORRESPONDENT

Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin has urged political parties to refrain from attempting election engineering and ballot stuffing to win polls.

“Winning elections through engineering or vote rigging does not end well for the party in the long run. This is not only true for Bangladesh, but this is what we learn from world history.”

He made the remarks while speaking at a discussion meeting marking National Voters’ Day at the Election Commission headquarters in the capital’s Agargaon yesterday.

For a long time, the country’s citizens have been denied the right to vote freely, the CEC said, adding that the time has now come to restore that right.

“I want to say that the National Consensus Commission can take written promises from political parties that they will follow the electoral code of conduct and take internal action if any party candidate causes trouble during polls.”

The CEC believes such written statements will exert pressure on political parties to adhere to the electoral code of conduct, making the EC’s job easier.

“People are dreaming of a new Bangladesh. If this dream is not realised, the sacrifices of the injured and martyred of the July uprising will have been in vain. Voting is no

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