CEC warns officials against irregularities in UZ polls

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has warned election officials against irregularities in the upcoming Upazila Parishad (UZ) polls, report agencies.

The chief election commissioner asked the returning officers not to show any leniency to allegations of irregularities.

The CEC came up with the remarks while addressing the inaugural function of training

workshop for RO's and ARO's at the Election Training Institute in the city on Wednesday.

He said voting in an entire upazila will be halted if the Election Commission loses control.

The staggered elections to around 500 units of the local government body will start on Mar 10, with 87 upazilas going to the polls in the first phase.

Additional deputy commissioners, district election officers, upazila executive officers and upazila election officers have been tasked with conducting the polls.

If any candidate, party or someone else does something illegal causing the returning officer to lose control, polls will be halted in the entire upazila. We must not compromise with any sort of irregularities in the elections," CEC Huda said.