The BNP-led 18-party alliance-backed mayoral candidates have taken lead in the battle of ballots in all the four city corporations –- Rajshahi, Khulna, Barisal and Sylhet –- as shown in the latest vote count on Saturday evening.
In Khulna City Corporation polls, 18-party alliance-supported M Moniruzzaman Moni got 20,307 votes while his rival Talukder Abdul Khaleque of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance bagged 14,028 votes in 28 out of 288 centres.
In Sylhet, the opposition alliance-backed Ariful Haque Chowdhury got 34,598 votes while ruling alliance-supported Badar Uddin Ahmed Kamran 21,684 votes in 35 centres. Voting was held in 128 centres in Sylhet City Corporation polls.
In Barisal, Ahsan Habib Kamal of the 18-party alliance bagged 15,551 votes while his rival candidate Shawkat Hossain Hiran 10,717 votes in 16 out of 103 centres.
The opposition-backed Mosaddek Hossain Bulbul got 12080 votes in 13 out of 137 centres. On the other hand, the Awami League-led ruling alliance-suported AHM Khairuzzaman Lition bagged 6,991 votes in the centres.
Earlier, voting in the four city corporations ended peacefully at 4 pm with the high turnout of voters.
There was no report of any major incident of violence during the voting that started at 8am and continued till 4pm without any break.
Sources said a chase and counter-chase between the activists of two councillor candidates caused disruption in voting for half an hour at the ward No 27 polling centre of Khulna City Corporation.
Later, law enforcers brought the situation under control.
Meanwhile, voting at Rupatali Government Primary School in Barisal remained suspended from 1:40 pm to 3 pm due to a clash between the supporters of Awami League-supported candidates Shawkat Hossain Hiran and BNP-backed Ahsan Habib Kamal.
Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and Ansar members alongside that of police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were deployed in the election areas to maintain law and order.
Source: UNBConnect
HISTORY WILL PROVE SYLHETI BUNGALS M/S MUHITH & SENGUPTA ARE NOT AN ASSET BUT A TERRIBLE LIABILITY FOR THE AWAMI LEAGUE.
There are many respectable Awami League leaders in Sylhet. Because they are gentlemen, polite and friendly. People respect them even the people do not belonged to the Awami League.
But the exception has been seen for the first time in both M/S Muhith & Sengupta’s personal conduct, the non-political and insulting vocabulary these two politicians hurled /used against their political opponent. These two person’s abusing, rude, non-parliamentary, non-political and insulting language & conducts has done more harm to the party than the Hefajat, The election result would prove that these 2 persons had been not an asset but liability to the party. Politeness does not cost anyone any thing . Their anti-Islamic audacity would cost the party very dearly in the general election, if and when it is held.