EC doesn’t want questionable election: Mahbub

Election commissioner Mahbub Talukdar on Monday said the election commission does not want to hold such an election which can raise questions among people.

"We don't want to make ourselves questionable through holding a controversial election," he said.

The commissioner said this while speaking at the inaugural programme of a training workshop of government officials at the city's Nirbachan Bhaban.

Election commission secretary Helaluddin Ahmad presided over the workshop.

The election commissioner said that around 2,026 government officials will be trained all over the country whereas 408 officials will be trained through the workshop and the training programme will continue until 09 December.

He instructed the officials to perform their duties with courage and honesty. "If you people fail, the whole election will be turned into a total failure," he said.

Mentioning that there was no continuity in the elections in the country, he said, "Now we are going to create a tradition through a holding a complete and participatory election".

He also warned that the negligence of the government officials in performing the election duty will not be tolerated.

Source: unb