Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has alleged that “election engineering” was carried out in several specific constituencies in an attempt to ensure the victory of certain candidates in the national parliamentary election.
Dr Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami, has raised questions over the delayed announcement of results in several constituencies of the national parliamentary election.
Barrister Andaleeve Rahman Partho, BNP alliance candidate and Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) chairman, has been unofficially elected in the Bhola-1 (Sadar) constituency after defeating the Jamaat-e-Islami candidate by a huge margin. He has been elected member of parliament from this important district seat for the second time. He was previously elected MP from the same constituency in 2008.
Tension has erupted at the returning officer's office over allegations of vote result manipulation. Following NCP leader Nasiruddin Patwary's presence there, his rival candidate BNP leader Mirza Abbas's wife Afroza Abbas also went to the office.
National Citizen Party (NCP) Convener Nahid Islam has called upon everyone to gather in Dhaka-8.
BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman has won in the Dhaka-17 and Bogura-6 (Sadar) constituencies in the 13th National Parliamentary Election.