The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has voiced serious concerns over the appointment of electoral officers ahead of the upcoming Jatiya Sangsad elections.
The party raised fears that local influence and partisan affiliations could compromise the impartiality of the voting process.
Party leaders discussed these issues in detail during a standing committee meeting on Monday night at the BNP Gulshan office.
They emphasised the need for a transparent and impartial electoral administration.
The meeting, with the BNP acting chair Tarique Rahman presiding it, also discussed the country鈥檚 overall political situation and preparations for the upcoming elections.
At least three standing committee members told 抖阴精品 on Tuesday that BNP leaders expressed deep concern over the government鈥檚 potential use of administrative officials to manage the elections.
According to them, such officials include deputy commissioners, superintendents of police, and local police officers, whom the Awami League used to employ in previous polls, they said.
A significant portion of their discussion revolved around the appointment of electoral and presiding officers.
According to the committee members, the Election Commission has reportedly taken around 4,000 names from Islami Bank for potential assignment as electoral officers, with almost the entire bank employees in question affiliated with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
BNP leaders further questioned a recent government notice requiring schools to remove previous governing bodies or presidents by November 1, highlighting that locally influential figures 鈥� now BNP supporters 鈥� held many of these positions.
The standing committee meeting noted that no notice had been issued for the removal of the chairs or presidents of madrassah governing boards.
The meeting also discussed the signing of the July Charter, scheduled for October 17.
