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EC to present free, fair, credible city polls: EC

Election Commissioner Brigadier General (Retd) Shahadat Hossain Chowdhury here on Sunday said EC will present a free, fair and credible city corporation election, reports BSS.

EC Shahadat said it would be proved through the ensuing city corporation polls that the Election Commission is capable enough to ensure free, fair and neutral elections. 

He was speaking as the chief guest at the divisional coordination meeting of Khulna City Corporation Poll-2018 at the conference room of Khulna Circuit House.

EC Shahadat also said the EC would take legal action against the people who would be responsible for negligence of duty as well as partiality. 

Claiming that all the elections were held in a free, fair and neutral manner during the tenure of the present election commission, the election commissioner said the government has not interfered in any election so far.

"It is a challenge to EC to conduct a credible election, the commissioner Shahadat said, urging everybody to complete the task fairly.

Khulna divisional commissioner Lokman Hossain Mia presided over the meeting while secretary of EC Helal Uddin Ahmed, DIG of Khulna Range Police Didar Ahmed, Khulna Metropolitan Commissioner(KMP) Md Humayun Kabir, Sector Commander of BGB Towhidul Islam, Commander of RAB-6 Khondokar Rafiqul Islam, deputy commissioner Amin-ul-Ahsan, Police Super Nizamul Haque Molla and chief of NSI, DGFI, Answer and other law enforcement agencies were present, among others.