RAJSHAHI, Dec 4, 2018 (BSS)- Election Commissioner Kabita Khanam here today asserted that the Election Commission (EC) is committed to create safe and congenial atmosphere for the female voters in the upcoming 11th Parliamentary Election.
“The EC will adopt all possible measures to ensure hundred percent turnouts of the female voters in the election,” she further said while inaugurating a two-day workshop in Rajshahi as chief guest.
United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) is hosting the workshop titled “Gender and Election” at Nanking Darbar Hall in Rajshahi city.
Kabita Khanam said female voters are almost half of the country’s total voters. The EC is committed to ensure safe atmosphere for the female voters during the polling time so that they can exercise their right to franchise comfortably.
Replying to a question EC Kabita Khanam told the journalists that the returning officers were given instruction of giving certified copies to the rejected candidates quickly.