Sylhet city polls : Voting begins in Sylhet

Sylhet today Wednesday (June 21) city corporation election. Voting through Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) started from 8 am.

Before the start of polling in Ward No. 8 Pathantula Shahjalal Jamia Islamia Kamil Madrasa polling station and Ward No. 30 Mahalakshmi Government Primary School polling station - voters stood in line since 7 am. There is a kind of curiosity among young voters about voting in EVMs. Male and female voters have started voting with great enthusiasm.

There are a total of 190 polling stations in this year's CSIC elections. Out of these, 132 centers have been identified as 'critical' (risky) by law enforcement agencies.

CSIC elections are being held this time with a total of 42 wards including the extended area. The total number of voters is 4 lakh 87 thousand 747 people. Among them 2 lakh 54 thousand 363 male voters and 2 lakh 33 thousand 384 female voters.

A total of 7 people are competing for the mayoral post in today's CSIC elections, including the candidates of three political parties - Awami League, Jatiya Party and Zaker Party. There were 8 candidates. However, on the day of the Barisal City election, the mayoral candidate of the Islamic movement, Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, withdrew from the polls.

Bangladesh Awami League nominated candidate Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury for the post of mayor in boat symbol, Jatiya Party nominated candidate Nazrul Islam Babul in plow symbol, independent candidate respectively Abdul Hanif Kutu in horse symbol, Chalah Uddin Rimon in cricket bat symbol, Shahjahan Mia in bus symbol and Mushtaq Ahmed Rauf Mustafa in deer symbol and Zaker Party candidate Zahirul Islam is contesting under the rose symbol. Alleging irregularities in the Barisal City Corporation elections, the mayoral candidate of the Islamic Movement, Sisik, has announced boycotting the elections. Although 7 candidates are competing for the post of mayor, the main fight will be between the candidate of boat and plow.

42 Executive and 14 Judicial Magistrates are in the field to hold elections in a free, fair and impartial environment. About 7000 members of law and order forces including 10 platoon BGB, RAB, police and Ansar have been deployed in the field. More than 4,500 polling officers will perform duties including 190 presiding officers.

Voting equipment started being sent to the centers from Tuesday morning. The election commission completed all the preparations in the evening.

From Agargaon Election Commission (EC) of the capital, all the polling stations of the EC CSIC elections will be monitored with closed circuit cameras along with the Chief Election Commissioner.

The concerned said that BGB has been patrolling the city since Tuesday morning. 10 Platoon BGB members are currently in the field. There are also a large number of RAB members. A total of 2,600 policemen have been deployed outside the polling stations and centers. There are about 3 thousand Ansar members. In total, about 7 thousand members of law and order forces are in the election field.

A total of 17 members of the law enforcement force including one SI, one ASI and five constables and a total of 12 Ansars including one PC, one assistant PC, 7 male and 5 female Ansars will be on duty in the vulnerable polling stations. And in the general polling station there are a total of 16 members of law enforcement including one SI, one ASI, four constables including 6 policemen, one PC, one assistant PC, 7 male and 5 female Ansars including 12 Ansars.

According to related sources, 1 thousand 272 policemen and 2 thousand 280 Ansar members will be deployed in 190 polling stations, totaling 3 thousand 552 armed members of law and order forces. There are also members of the Police APBN.

There is a special security zone outside the polling station. 42 mobile teams are deployed in a total of 42 police wards, one in each general ward of CCIC. There are 14 special striking forces of the police for every three general wards. RAB has 22 mobile teams for 42 wards. There are 42 executive magistrates, one in each ward for a total of 42 wards.

Also, 14 Judicial Magistrates of the Judiciary Department are aiming to complete the trial of electoral offenses in a short manner. These 14 judicial magistrates are working in the field since last Monday. They will be in the field for 5 consecutive days i.e. till tomorrow Thursday (June 22) to keep the law and order situation under control.

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