Partisan slogans from govt letterheads must go: Oikyafront

Jatiya Oikyafront urged the Election Commission on Monday to remove all the partisan slogans like 'Democracy of development, main mantra of Sheikh Hasina' from the letterheads used for writing government letters, reports UNB.

Bijon Kanti Sarkar, BNP's advisory council member, submitted a letter, on behalf of the Oikyafront, to EC Secretary Helaluddin Ahmed at Nirbachan Bhaban in the city to this end.

Talking to reporters after emerging from the EC, Bijon Kanti said these types of slogan are written on the letterhead of Awami League and those are also available on government letters issued by different offices. "We've urged the EC to take steps to erase the slogans from government letters during the election period," he said.

He also alleged that presiding officers and polling officers were being harassed by law enforcers as they were enquiring about the families and relatives of the election officials which left them embarrassed.