EC asks NCP to pick one from 50 symbols instead of ‘Water Lily’

The Election Commission (EC) has sent a letter to the National Citizen Party (NCP) attaching a list of 50 electoral symbols, asking the party to pick one from the list instead of its desired ‘Water Lily’ symbol. “The National Citizen Party (NCP) in its application mentioned ‘Water Lily’, ‘Pen’ and ‘Mobile Phone’ as preferences. The party later changed the last two symbols (instead sought ‘Water Lily’, ‘Red Water Lily’ or ‘White Water Lily’). But the ‘Water Lily’ symbol is not included in the list of scheduled symbols under the section 9(1) of the Election Conduct Rules, 2008,” reads the EC letter. The letter signed by EC deputy secretary Rafiqul Islam was sent to NCP Convener Nahid Islam on Tuesday. The...