4 BNP candidates pull out of race in B’baria-Noakhali

Four BNP-backed chairman candidates boycotted the election race in Brahmanbari and Noakhali districts during the 5th phase election to more than 700 union parishads (UPs), reports the UNB.

 

In Brahmanbaria, three BNP-backed chairman candidates boycotted the election race in three union parishads in Sadar upazila on charges of various irregularities.

 

The three chairman aspirants-- Abul Kashed of Uttar Natai, Mobarak Munsi of Suhilpur and Nazrul Islam of Purba Talshahor union-- announced the election boycott hours into the start of the balloting.

 

The candidates pulled out of the race on charge of obstructing their supporters in casting votes, forcing their agents out of the centers and also casting fake votes.

 

District BNP general secretary Jahirul Haque Jahir confirmed the boycott.

 

In Noakhali, Jalal Uddin, a BNP-backed chairman candidate of Choyani union in Senbagh upazila boycotted the election race on charge of various irregularities including vote rigging.