A senior leader of the Awami League claimed on Saturday that the non-deployment of troops in the polls Narayanganj City Corporation from a procedural errors committed by the Electoral Commission, has the letter led the purchase requisition in the armed forces Division and not to the Prime Minister.
The Chief Election Commissioner, ATM Shamsul Huda, said however, that the Commission had followed a similar procedure for the deployment of the army, as it is in the general election in 2008.
Some ranking leaders of the ruling Awami League, including senior members of the Cabinet, the elections expressed their unwillingness and refused, formal comments.
"I spoke with the Prime Minister on phone know on Thursday over the army deployment and she told me about Australia that she received no letter from the Federal Election Commission in this context," which said Awami League Presidium Member Kazi Zafar Ullah new age on Saturday.
He threw the Commission properly for the army deployment for the city surveys to communicate not with the Government and said that the Commission letter to the armed force had not reached Division of the Prime Minister to Thursday.
'As far as I know, that the Commission's letter of the armed force Division sent, not to the Prime Minister was redirected,"Zafar Ullah said, adding that the Commission can send the letter to Prime Minister, holds the portfolio of Minister of defence.
Earlier, the Commission said, before the by-elections has Habiganj-1 and the constituency Tripura 3, the Government does not respond to their call for the deployment of the army in the polls without communication with the Prime Minister, the leaders of the AL said.
However, he, hope that the elections in a free, fair and credible manner would take place, as were the previous surveys of the current Government.
A senior member of the Cabinet, but expressed his indignation over the city polls say that the party decision on lend support for certain candidates of two ruling party leaders would negatively the party sit on.
"I the army deployment know not anything about how I am no longer interested in the elections, after the party had lent their support for one of the two leaders," the Minister said new age.
Another important leader said that there was no need for the deployment of the army in the local government polls, as all local government elections under the present Government were free and fair.
' Is a festive atmosphere in Narayanganj, centering on the elections there. I can not, who understand why much there, "he said the deployment of the army."
Asked the Government stand with regard to the Commission requisition for the army, refused the Awami League Presidium Member Matia Chowdhury make comments.
'I not comments will make, as I do not know it,' said Matia, also the Minister of agriculture, new age on Saturday.
The Awami League Joint Secretary-General Mahbubul Alam Hanif, the spokesman of the party, also refused to make any comments at the moment.
The Chief Election Commissioner at a press conference on Friday said that the Commission had on 16 October decided to deploy the troops and sent a letter to the same day to the most important staff officer of the Division's forces to four companies of troops for the city surveys.
He also said that the army in the last election, which was provided by the same procedure.
"To free and fair elections to City Corporation to keep, we had a plan under which troops were army it to deploy on Friday, but none were troops still probably due to the non-cooperation of the Government," said Shamsul.
"It was a constitutional obligation for the Government, which provide troops, as we have asked for," said Shamsul. ' We have no liability in this context. We have steps and a request sent, but the Government no attention paid to it. I don't know whether this is the Government of negligence. But it has no response on our write.'
Source: newagebd.com/newspaper1
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