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Even ambassadors thought there was a fair vote in Narayanganj: Tajul Islam Narayanganj Elections
PID Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswami meets Local Government Minister Md. Tajul Islam on Monday

Even ambassadors thought there was a fair vote in Narayanganj: Tajul Islam

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 17 Jan 2022, 10:19 pm

Dhaka, January 17: Local Government Minister Md. Tajul Islam said that the ambassadors also commented that the Narayanganj City Corporation (Nasik) election was fair and neutral. He was responding to a question from reporters after a meeting with Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Vikram Doraiswamy at the minister's office at 12 noon on Monday (January 17).

The minister said the whole nation witnessed the Narayanganj city election. The media has directly witnessed that the Awami League candidate has won by a huge margin even after casting his vote in the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM). In many places we hear distant stories. But the election that took place has been witnessed by the entire nation and the international community.

Foreign ambassadors also said this yesterday. As part of the discussion, the issue of free and fair elections has come up. The message has reached the diplomats that fair elections have been held in EVM in Narayanganj, Bangladesh. There is some controversy about the votes cast in other manual processes in Bangladesh. The election in EVM has been free and fair, they have shared it.

Regarding the allegations of the defeated candidates regarding fraud in EVM, he said that the candidates said so when they were defeated. I do not want to comment on this. No one in the world can say that there is no defect in any machine, no man gets sick.

Regarding the local government elections, he said, the elections in Narayanganj were held peacefully in EVM. In some cases, there is room for criticism, with opposition candidates claiming machine tampering or tampering. There is no shortage of such criticism. There are more opportunities for criticism. Manually, one person can vote for another. And in EVM, one cannot vote for another. That is why it is possible to control it here. Naturally, the whole world is shifting to EVMs, because fake votes are not allowed later. People are participating in the Union Council elections spontaneously, competitive elections are taking place. Somewhere in the struggle to win their own candidate, there have been some unpleasant incidents which we do not want. If we look at the neighboring countries, we can see that there are more instances of such violence in those countries.