RAJSHAHI, July 25, 2018 (BSS) – With four days left, campaign for the
Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) election has reached its climax as both
mayoral and ward councilor candidates along with their workers and supporters
are passing very busy days at this moment.
The candidates are seen meeting voters irrespective of age, sex and creed
and caste with posters and leaflets to drum up support for them from early
morning to midnight.
Side by side with male workers, the presence of female workers in the
election campaign is significant this time. More than 20,000 women are taking
part in the ongoing election campaign.
Being unable to reach all the voters due to time constraints, the
candidates for both mayoral and general councilors engaged the female workers
in their campaign activities massively.
“Female workers are more sincere and effective to motivate voters along
with attaining their supports than the male ones,” said Shariful Islam Babu,
a candidate for general councilor.
Syed Amirul Islam, Returning Officer for the RCC election, says a total of
217 candidates are contesting the upcoming RCC election scheduled to be held
on July 30. Of them, five are vying the post of mayor, 160 for general
councilors and 52 for reserved seats for women councilors.
AHM Khairuzzaman Liton (Boat symbol), Musaddique Hossain Bulbul (Paddy
Sheaf symbol), Habibur Rahman (Jackfruit symbol), Shafiqul Islam (Hand fan
symbol) and Advocate Murad Murshed (Elephant symbol) are the mayoral
aspirants.
All of them have already declared their election manifesto promising to
present a happy city if they were elected.
He said there are 3,18,138 voters including 1,62,053 female voters who
will exercise their right of franchise in 1,026 booths of 138 centers to
elect one mayor, 30 general councilors and 10 women councilors in reserved
seats in the upcoming election.
Some 31,221 new voters are likely to exercise their right of franchise in
the upcoming election. Talking to BSS, many of them said they will cast their
votes in favour of the candidate who will lead the city smartly. “We will
remain in favour of development of the city,” said Monimul Haque, 20, a
resident of Khojapur area.
He expected that the election will fulfill hopes and aspirations of the
city dwellers as a whole. “I am very much happy and enjoying the city’s
gradually changing atmosphere,” said Momtaj Uddin, 19, a new voter of
Meherchandia area.
He expects all the contestants and their supporters will follow election
code of conduct till the last day of the campaign.
Bilkish Banu, 18, a resident of Haragram area, expressed her happiness
over the election mode across the city. She, however, expects a peaceful and
congenial atmosphere during the entire electioneering period.