Desk Report:: Gazipur City Corporation polling ended without any untoward incident. Voting in Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) started from 8 am on Thursday. Voting ends at 4 pm. Counting of votes is going on now.
Awami League nominated candidate Advocate Azmat Ulla Khan voted in Gazipur City Corporation election at Darus Salam Madrasa Center on Arichpur Mosque Road in Tongir at around 9:15 am on Thursday.
Talking to reporters after voting, he said, “I can say from the love of the people that victory and defeat are decided by Allah.” I believe, judgment is from heaven. Allah will reveal what He wills through the people.
Azmat Ulla Khan said that people have been standing in line at the polling station since morning in a festive atmosphere. So a fair and free election is going to be held in Gazipur. I will definitely accept any result of the vote. I am a political activist, Bangladesh Awami League is a democratic political party. I have always shown respect to people’s opinion. I will definitely accept whoever the people choose today. I have always been with the people as a political worker.
Zayeda Khatun, mother of former mayor of Gazipur City, Jahangir Alam, cast her vote at Kanaya Government Primary School center after 10 am. At that time his son Jahangir Alam also voted.
After voting, Zayda Khatun said her agents were prevented from entering various centers. So far the election environment is good, if there is a fair vote, I will accept whatever the election result is.
Meanwhile, on Thursday (May 25) at noon, the EC directed the arrest of two persons after monitoring the polling of Gazipur City on CCTV from the election building in Agargaon of the capital.
According to the EC, the Magistrate has ordered the detention of one person named Abu Taher for three days for influencing the voting in center number 103 of Gazipur City. EC ordered to take action against him after observing the CCTV footage from Dhaka. Besides, a person named Riyaz has been detained at the 101 center. The EC said they were detained for entering secret rooms and influencing voting.
At around 11:00 in the morning, Election Commissioner Md. Alamgir said, ‘We are seeing on the CCTV cameras that the polling is taking place with discipline. The reports we have received from those who are in law enforcement and those who have been sent as observers from the EC know that voting is going well. No bad news yet.’
When asked about EVM and CCTV cameras not working, he said, ‘Since EVM is a machine… sometimes it malfunctions. It could be. Arrangements have been made to fix the problem as soon as it occurs. After 5-10 minutes everyone can vote again.’
Polling was held in 480 centers of the city corporation. 333 candidates took part in the election. Among them, there are 8 candidates for the post of mayor, 246 candidates for the post of general councilor and 79 candidates for the post of reserved ward councilor. Besides, one candidate was elected unopposed in general ward.
In the 57 wards of the city, the total number of voters in this election of this city is 11 lakh 79 thousand 463 people. Among them, there are 5 lakh 92 thousand 747 male voters, 5 lakh 86 thousand 698 female voters and 18 third gender (transgender) voters.
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