Information and Broadcasting Minister and the Joint General Secretary of the Awami League Dr Hasan Mahmud thanked the Election Commission for holding a good, fair and beautiful election in the Cumilla City Corporation election despite giving extra oversight over the Awami League candidates and supporters.
He was responding to a question from reporters after unveiling the wrapper of the annual publication 'BSRF Barta' of the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum in the conference room of the ministry at the Secretariat on Thursday afternoon.
Dr Hasan Mahmud said, “I congratulate the people of Cumilla because after a long time, the party mayor of Awami League has won there. We also thank all those who were involved in our election. Everyone who was there said it was a transparent, good, participatory election, which was held in a festive atmosphere, although the Election Commission has been monitoring our party candidates and supporters more than any other candidate during the entire election process."
Dr Hasan Mahmud also congratulated the defeated mayoral candidate in the Cumilla City Corporation election and said, 'He lost by very few votes. It is difficult to accept the loss of such a small number of votes, which is why he said he would go to court. But we hoped that our candidate would win by a margin of more votes.”
Replying to a question on the BNP secretary general's remarks that 'this election is not fair', the minister said, 'First of all, when someone is blind, you cannot show him anything even if you want. Even if you have eyes, you cannot show them to those who are blind. Those who voted, were with the election, the voters there, including the candidate Sakku, all say the election was very good. As a result, what Fakhrul said while sitting in Thakurgaon became unimportant, nothing came of it. '
Earlier, he congratulated the Bangladesh Secretariat Reporters Forum for publishing their BSRF message. Smile. He said that writing enriches the people and I hope this forum will continue to play an important role in presenting the activities of the government to the people by collecting news from various ministries in the secretariat.
Vice President Motahar Hossain addressed the unveiling ceremony presided over by BSRF President Tapan Biswas and conducted by General Secretary Masudul Haque. Forum members including Publicity and Publication Secretary Bahram Khan were present on the occasion.
Earlier, the representatives of the international non-governmental organization Democracy International (DI) Information and Broadcasting Minister. Hassan met Mahmoud in his office. Dana Olds, Chief of Party, Bangladesh Chapter of DI, Abdul Alim, Senior Director and Aminul Ehsan were present on the occasion.
