BNP alleges vote fraud in 46 upazilas

BNP has alleged that the ruling party men captured most polling stations and stuffed the ballot boxes with fake votes in 46 upazilas out 91 during the 4th phase of the local government elections. “As per the information we’ve gathered, the ruling party men grabbed most of the voting centres in 46 upazilas forcing out the agents of the opposition-backed candidates. They stuffed the ballot boxes with fake votes and attacked voters,” alleged BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi at a post-poll press briefing held at the party’s Nayapaltan central office on Sunday evening. Describing the incidents of violence and irregularities during the polls, the BNP leader said the ruling party men “swooped on the polling stations like wolf and snatched votes.” He said “Their (the party in power) main aim is to grab the upazila chairman posts by force,” according to UNB.