An electoral inquiry committee yesterday fined ruling Awami League’s MP nominee Kamal Ahmed Majumder Tk 25,000 for violating the electoral code of conduct.
“We’ve fined Kamal Majumder for putting up posters on billboards. It’s a violation of the electoral code of conduct,” said Tasnia Jaigirdar, an executive magistrate and head of the electoral inquiry committee in the capital’s Mirpur.
A contender (Dhaka-15) for the January 5 parliamentary polls, Kamal will have to serve 15 days’ imprisonment if he fails to pay the fine.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission will ask another electoral inquiry committee in Lalbagh area to investigate an alleged violation of the code of conduct by former AL lawmaker Haji Muhammad Selim, an independent candidate in Dhaka-7 constituency.
AL nominee Mostafa Jalal Mohiuddin has recently complained with the EC that Selim has been conducting electoral campaigns using the photo of AL President Sheikh Hasina, though he is an independent candidate.
The EC has deployed 140 electoral inquiry committees across the country to monitor electioneering and the overall polls situation.
MEETINGS AT THE EC
Top officials of the Armed Forces Division (AFD) and different security agencies held several meetings with EC officials yesterday.
AFD’s Principal Staff Officer Lt Co Abu Belal Muhammad Safiul Huq met Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad at the EC secretariat.
Commission sources said the two might have discussed the duration of army deployment and number of army personnel to be deployed during the election.
Officials of Border Guard Bangladesh and Rapid Action Battalion met EC Secretary Muhammed Sadique.
The EC will hold a meeting tomorrow with the officials of AFD, different security and intelligence agencies and returning officers on law and order. The meeting will decide on army deployment.
A total of 154 candidates are set to be elected uncontested to the 10th parliament. Polls will be held in 146 constituencies on January 5.
Source: The Daily Star
