Jamaat holds talks with EC, demands bar on partisan officials in managing local polls

Jamaat-e-Islami has asked the Election Commission (EC) to prevent a select group of administrators from managing the upcoming local government elections, and withdraw EC’s recently appointed assistant secretary – on the grounds they are aligned with the ruling BNP, and could influence the poll results.

During talks with the EC on Wednesday, the party also called for reconsidering the ban on MPO-listed teachers from contesting the elections, saying the prohibition goes against the Constitution.

Jamaat Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar revealed the details of the discussion at a post-meeting presser held at the EC building in Agargaon, Dhaka.

The party also called for invalidating any potential candidate from Awami League, now a banned political party, Parwar told reporters.