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‘City polls candidates to be monitored strictly’


Bangladeshpost
Published : 12 Jan 2020 08:59 PM | Updated : 05 Sep 2020 02:12 PM

Every candidate participating in the city corporation elections will be rought under the purview of the accountability so that they must obey with the electoral code of conducts, reports BSS. Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Returning Officer Abdul Baten made the warning while he was talking to the journalists at his office in the city on Sunday. “I do not think the violation of the electoral code of conduct of the candidates in the city, is not being monitored strictly,” he said. “I will hold a meeting with executive magistrates of polls and law enforcement agencies within the next two days,” he added. Talking about code and conducts of the polls, he said the way of conducting the election campaign has been described in the law, adding that as long as the law exists, government beneficiaries will not able to conduct any election campaign. He said ministers including stateminister and deputy minister cannot carry out campaign in favour of any party candidate, adding: “Only those who are not government beneficiaries can conduct electoral campaign.”