'I announced election schedule one day, the very next day this happened'
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin was "astounded" by the shooting of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and a prospective candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, which occurred just a day after the announcement of the schedule for the 13th national parliamentary election and the referendum."The incident that took place last Friday felt like a bolt from the blue," Nasir said, adding, "I announced the election schedule one day, and the very next day this incident occ...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin was "astounded" by the shooting of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of Inqilab Moncho and a prospective candidate for the Dhaka-8 constituency, which occurred just a day after the announcement of the schedule for the 13th national parliamentary election and the referendum.
"The incident that took place last Friday felt like a bolt from the blue," Nasir said, adding, "I announced the election schedule one day, and the very next day this incident occurred, which I consider extremely unfortunate."
The CEC made the remarks at the beginning of a meeting this afternoon with law enforcement agencies at the Election Building in Agargaon, Dhaka.
The meeting was attended by the home secretary, the principal staff officer of the Armed Forces Division, the inspector general of police, the director general of Border Guard Bangladesh, and the director general of Ansar and VDP.