Sujan favours army deployment during next general polls

Sushashoner Janno Nagorik (Sujan), a civic platform, has stressed the need for army deployment in the next general election, reports UNB.
Speaking at a roundtable at the National Press Club in the city on Monday, Sujan leaders said the authorities concerned should take the media reports about the Election Commission into cognizance otherwise it will be hard to establish people's rights to franchise.
Local government expert Dr Tofail Ahmed presented the keynote paper while Sujan President Badiul Alam Mazumder conducted the event.
Former Election Commissioner M Sakhawat Hossain, M Hafiz Uddin, Syed Abul Maksud, Rumin Farhana, Khalekuzzaman and Pathan Azad, among others, attended the roundtable.
Dr Tofail Ahmed said, "People have the right to exercise their franchise fearlessly in the upcoming city corporation elections and in the general election. It's a civil right as well as a constitutional right and it is the duty of the government to give back the rights."
M Sakhawat Hossain stressed the need for strengthening the security measures for fair holding of the election.