The BNP alleges that the party nominated chairman candidates for the union parishad (UP) elections, their agents and supporters are continuously getting death threats.
Ruling Awami League leader Surnajit Sengupta lambastes the Election Commission over its “failure to prevent violence in the union parishad elections”.
Another 639 unions in 47 districts go to the polls today, a week after violence in the first phase of the elections left around two dozen people dead.
Widespread violence left at least 10 people dead and around a thousand others wounded in the first phase of union parishads elections yesterday. The festive mood of the polls to the lowest tier of local government was largely marred by electoral irregularities and incidents of clashes between supporters of rival candidates.
The BNP alleges that the party nominated chairman candidates for the union parishad (UP) elections, their agents and supporters are continuously getting death threats.
Ruling Awami League leader Surnajit Sengupta lambastes the Election Commission over its “failure to prevent violence in the union parishad elections”.
Another 639 unions in 47 districts go to the polls today, a week after violence in the first phase of the elections left around two dozen people dead.
Widespread violence left at least 10 people dead and around a thousand others wounded in the first phase of union parishads elections yesterday. The festive mood of the polls to the lowest tier of local government was largely marred by electoral irregularities and incidents of clashes between supporters of rival candidates.
