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Army deployment in national polls recommended

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Published: 08:49, 31 July 2017   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Army deployment in national polls recommended

Staff Correspondent: The representatives of civil society have recommended army deployment in next national election.

The civil society representatives came up with the recommendation during a dialogue with Election Commission (EC) on Monday.

Earlier, the Election Commission (EC) started a dialogue on upcoming parliamentary elections with the civil society representatives around 11:30am at the EC Secretariat with CEC KM Nurul Huda in the chair.

The participants include former caretaker government advisers Rasheda K Chowdhury and M Hafizuddin Khan, former governor of Bangladesh Bank Mohammed Farasuddin, CPD distinguished fellow Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya, former cabinet secretary Ali Imam Majumder, Prof Dilara Chowdhury, local government expert Dr Tofail Ahmed, TIB executive director Dr Iftekharuzzaman, former diplomat Md Golam Hossain, former foreign secretary Mohiuddun Ahmed, former secretaries AHM Kashem and Abdul Latif Mandal, Prof Syed Anwar Hussain, Prof MM Akash, Prof Salimullah Khan, Prof Mahbuba Nasreen, Prof Tareque Shamsur Rahman, Nijera Kori executive director Khushi Kabir, general secretary of Bangladesh Engineers Peoples Forum Sanjeeb Drong, president of Move Foundation Saiful Haque, Brotee CEO Sharmin Murshid, Janipop chairman Dr Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, media personalities Mizanur Rahman Khan (Prothom Alo) and BLIA director Waliur Rahman.

As part of the roadmap, the EC will also sit in talks with 40 registered political parties, media people, election observers, women leaders and election experts.


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