AL makes us scapegoat: GM Quader
Staff Reporter :
Jatiya Party (JaPa) Chairman GM Quader on Sunday alleged that the ruling Awami League was conducting the 12th national elections in its old manner through resorting to occupying polling centers and rigging votes.
Meanwhile, at least 14 candidates in different places have boycotted the 12th national election alleging vote rigging by the ruling party.
“I have received information that our agents are being ousted from various poling centers including those in Jamalpur and Cuomilla district. Awami League this time also occupied the polling stations and looted the people’s rights through stealing votes like in the past.
Though the AL had repeatedly assured us that no such thing would happen this time,” GM Quader made this comment while talking to reporters after monitoring polling stations of Rangpur-3 constituency on Sunday.
He said that they always feared that after bringing in the 12th national election AL would slaughter them.
“One-party rule will be established by AL in the country through sacrificing JaPa, which is proved today,” GM Quader said.
In response to a query whether the 2018 elections are being repeated or not, GM Quader replied, Some patterns are being seen so far. Because, AL have more manpower.
We are concerned as obstruction created in many places.”
Meanwhile, the polling in Comilla-11 constituency ended amid boycott, highway blockade and sporadic clashes.
Independent candidate Mizanur Rahman, Islami Oikyajot candidate Khorshed Alam and Gano Forum candidate Abdur Rahman Jahangir announced the boycott of voting in this constituency.
They alleged that people’s voting rights have been snatched by the ruling party AL and demanded re-election cancelling today’s poll.
In Sylhet, four candidates of Sylhet-2 (Bishwanath and Osmaninagar) constituency withdrew their candidatures rejecting the polls.
The announcement was made by four candidates in an emergency press conference at a shop in Goalabazar area of Osmaninagar upazila around two o’clock on Sunday.
The candidates who withdrew from the election are Gono Forum candidate and incumbent Member of Parliament Mokabbir Khan (Rising Surya), independent candidate and Mayor of Biswanath Municipality Muhibur Rahman (Truck), Jatiya Party candidate and former Member of Parliament Yahia Chowdhury and Trinamool BNP’s Mohammad Abdur Rab (Sonali Ansh).
In Cox’s Bazar, independent candidate and central leader of Bangladesh Lawyers Parishad Mizan Sayeed (eagle symbol) has announced to boycott the elections alleging vote rigging in favor of boat symbol.
He was the candidate for Cox’s Bazar-3 (Sadar-Ramu-Idgaon) constituency.
He demanded re-election in this constituency by postponing today’s election.
Jatiya Party (JaPa) Langal (Plough) symbol candidate Sergeant (retd) Mohammad Ali has announced to boycott of the polls in Tangail-1 (Madhupur-Dhanbari) constituency. His rival candidate was Agriculture Minister Mohammad Abdur Razzaque.
