EC to train polling agents: CEC

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) KM Nurul Huda has said the Election Commission (EC) is considering providing training for polling agents for the first time this year.

The CEC on Sunday said this while inaugurating a training on the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) ahead of the 11th national polls at the EC building in the capital’s Agargaon.

He said the commission will slowly introduce EVMs.

He asked the EC officials not to entertain political parties or politicians but to serve people only.

The CEC further said the days of guarding the ballot paper the whole night is gone and the commission has to move towards the use of EVM gradually.