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BSS, Gaibandha

Deputy Commissioner (DC) of the district Abu Muhammad Yousuf in a meeting on Wednesday urged the officials who are engaged in upcoming parliamentary and third upazila parishad polls to carry out their election duties with utmost honesty and sincerity.

"The present government is fully determined to hold free, fair and transparent National and Upazila Parishad elections to build a corruption, terrorism, anarchy, influence of black money and muscle power-free society."

The DC said this at the inaugural function of a two-day election training for the presiding officers, assistant presiding officers and polling officers organised by Sadullapur Upazila Administration at the auditorium of upazila parishad as the chief guest.

Speaking on the occasion, the DC also directed them to be more serious, alert and assertive on the day of the election so that the voters could cast their votes peacefully and properly. Presided over by Upazila Nirbahi Officer Abdul Wahed, the function was also addressed, among others, by election monitoring officer Abu Rafa Md. Arif, assistant commissioner (Land) and acting Palashbari upazila election officer Jahanjir Alam and upazila election officer Shafiqur Rahman.

A total of 73 presiding officers, 382 assistant presiding officers and 766 polling officers are taking part in the training in different batches, office sources said.