EC working for AL-backed candidates: Rizvi

BNP has alleged that the Election Commission has been working in favour of Awami League-backed candidates in the 4th upazila (UZ) polls. "The Election Commission is working to make ruling party-supported candidates winners in the upazila elections. We along with the people of the country will give a befitting reply to the misdeeds," BNP joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi has alleged when addressing a press conference at BNP’s Nayapaltan central office. Having inspired by the violence in the third phase of the local government polls, ruling party men are flexing muscle for staging showdowns in the fourth phase polls, creating panic among the voters, he cautioned. “Besides, the members of the law enforcing agencies are being used against democracy and the voting rights of people,” he said adding that the EC has turned into a puppet organisation of the administration, according to UNB.