Dhaka: The head of the Election Reform Commission, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder, has said that they will review the three controversial national parliament elections and make a proposal. The three former chief election commissioners of the controversial elections may be called for this. The reason will be asked.
On Thursday (November 21), after a meeting with media editors, the head of the Election Reform Commission, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder, announced such a plan.
Journalists asked him whether the reform commission would call the last three commissions and hear about the irregularities that occurred during their time. In response, Badiul Alam Majumder said, we have discussed the three former commissions. We are reviewing them again. Election crimes may apply to them. And we have also reviewed so that this does not happen in the future. The media should also do an investigative report on what irregularities occurred in the last three elections, why they could not hold fair elections. We are also trying to collect information. We will make a proposal based on those lessons learned after reviewing the last three elections.
In response to the question of why the last three commissions could not hold fair elections, Dr. Badiul Alam Majumder said, "Will they come? I don't think so. We will take it into consideration."
In 2014, a record of 153 people being elected unopposed was recorded in the elections held under the commission led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed. At that time, BNP and like-minded parties did not participate.
There are allegations that 'night voting' was held in the 2018 elections under the commission led by CEC KM Nurul Huda. Although BNP participated in that election, it won five seats. And the alliance won seven.
On the other hand, in the 2024 elections under the commission led by CEC Kazi Habibul Awal, like-minded parties including BNP did not participate in the elections. There were allegations of widespread voter fraud.