NOAKHALI, Jan 7, 2020 (BSS) – Awami League General Secretary and Road
Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said this is the matter
of the Election Commission (EC) whether it will use the Electronic Voting
Machine (EVM) in the upcoming city elections or not.
“This is the matter of the EC whether it will use the EVM in the upcoming
city polls or not. There is no way to create debate over the EVM use,” he
said while unveiling a plaque of a year-long programme taken to celebrate the
Mujib Year and distributing warm cloths among cold-hit people at Basurhat
municipality zero point under Companiganj upazila here.
Speaking as the chief quest, Quader said whether the EVM is used in the
upcoming city elections or not, Awami League will contest the polls.
He said about 16,000 blankets were distributed among the cold-hit people
in Kabirhat and Companiganj upazilas apart from distribution of dry food
among children and destitute people.
The development that took place in the country in the last 10 years is now
visible and it will continue, the AL general secretary said.
AL relief and social welfare affairs secretary Sujit Roy Nandi, Noakhali
zila AL president AHM Khairul Anam Chowdhury Selim, its general secretary
Ekramul Karim Chowdhury, MP, Companiganj upazila AL president Khijir Hayat
Khan and Hatiya upazila AL president Mohammad Ali, among others, were
present.
Earlier, Quader distributed blankets among the cold-affected people in
Kabirhat and offered ziarat at the graves of his parents.