No CC camera use in vacant five by-polls: EC

Staff Reporter :
No closed-circuit camera will be used in five vacant constituencies’ by-polls, said Election Commissioner (EC) Md. Alamgir.
He said this while talking with journalists in his office at EC headquarters at Agargaon on Monday.
Md Alamgir said there are not enough budgets for installing cc cameras in five constituencies’ by-election. Besides, it is not necessary to set up camera in voting centres.
CC camera set up is not a solution for holding free, fair polls. There a lot of election happened in the country with free, fair and acceptable manner without installing CC camera, he added.
Commissioner Alamgir said, “I am hoping that the by-election will happen with a competitive manner and will be accepted to all.
EC will conduct the by-polls to parliamentary seats- Thakurgaon-3, Bogura-4, Bogura-6, Chapainawabganj-2 and Brahmanbaria-2.
The EC secretary said the candidates can submit their nomination papers till January 5. Returning officers will scrutinize the nomination papers on January 8 and January 15 has been set as the last date for withdrawal of candidature.
On December 11, five out of seven BNP members of the parliament (MPs) submitted their resignation to Speaker of Parliament Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, as part of their anti-government movement with a 10-point demand that includes dissolution of parliament.
The MPs who resigned were Md Zahidur Rahman, Thakurgaon-3, Md Mosharof Hosen, Bogra-4 Gulam Mohammad Siraj, Bogra-6, Md Aminul Islam, Chapainawabganj-2 and Rumeen Farhana, from women’s reserved seats.
Md Harunur Rashid of Chapainawabganj-3, who is now in Australia and ailing MP of Brahmanbaria-2 Abdus Sattar Bhuiyan could not submit resignation to the Speaker in person.
The seven MPs sent their resignation through an email on the same day.
The Parliament Secretariat published a gazette notification announcing the parliamentary seats as vacant after their resignation.