The Election Commission (EC) is committed to ensuring free, fair and impartial elections in the five city corporations.
Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd) Ahsan Habib Khan came up with the statement while speaking as the chief guest at a meeting in Khulna District Commissioner's conference room on Monday.
He said, “The current Election Commission is very careful about every election. We are trying to hold free, fair, and impartial polls for the nation. We will host the elections in Gazipur, Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet and Rajshahi city corporations with complete transparency”.
“We have made Khulna city poster-free with everyone's cooperation,” he further said.
“A country's democracy and sovereignty are protected through elections. Elections should be free, fair, and impartial. It must be acceptable to people and for this we all have to work with sincerity, honesty and devotion,” Election Commissioner Rasheda Sultana said in the Khulna City Corporation election preparatory meeting,
She said, “We have not done any work that will convey negative messages to the society. City corporation elections will have CCTV cameras. Gazipur City Corporation election is slated to be held on May 25.
“There had been some irregularities in the past. But the commission tried to remove those”, she added.
Khulna Divisional Commissioner Md Zillur Rahman Chowdhury presided over the meeting.
Among others, Khulna Deputy Commissioner (DC), returning officer, election officers, law enforcement dept officers and executive magistrates were present in the meeting.
The city corporation elections are scheduled to be held in Gazipur on 25 May, Khulna and Barishal on 12 June, and Rajshahi and Sylhet on 2 June.
Most of the political parties are taking part in the election, although BNP is denying to participate in the election.
