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Khulna Correspondent

Member secretary of city BNP Shaharuzzaman Murtaza demanded re-election in all the four city corporations and nine pourashavas and resignation of Chief Election Commissioner and Deputy Election Commissioner in a press conference held at Khulna Press Club yesterday.

Referring to the incident of the recovering counterfoil of ballot paper in the street recently in the city Shaharuzzaman Murtaza said that when a good number of voters of Khulna City Corporation could not go to polling cantre due to continuous heavy rain from 2:00pm to 4:10pm how could the casting of vote be 81 per cent ?.

Secretary general of BNP Khondaker Delwer Hossain in his press conference on August 3 last correctly commented that the election conducted by the Election Commission was nothing but a ploy to dispute their pet men in the post of the local body organisations, he said.

He further said that the Election Commission which could not conduct the election in four city corporations and nine pourashavas neutrally cannot conduct the parliamentary and upazila elections fairly, so they must quit their posts."

He also demanded immediate unconditional release of party Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, sending Tarique Zia abroad for medical treatment and release of local BNP leader former MP Ali Asgar Lobi immediately.

He also said that he came to know from the police that huge number of counter foils had been burnt to destroy the alamat.

Election agents of mayoral candidate of BNP Moniruzzaman Mony, Abu Zafar, Sirajul Islam and Adv Taslima Khatun Chanda were present among the local leaders in the press conference.