Give ‘Water Lily’ or remove other nat’l emblems, NCP tells EC

The National Citizen Party (NCP) on Thursday, October 9, iterated its call to the Election Commission to allocate ‘Water Lily’ as its electoral symbol. The party also demanded that the Commission remove other national emblems, including the ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ and the ‘Star’, from the list of election symbols if their request is not granted. Two options are there before the Election Commission now — either cancel paddy sheaf, star, golden fiber (symbol), or give Water Lily (to NCP),” NCP Chief Coordinator Nasir Uddin Patwary told reporters after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka. Patwary led a three-member NCP delegation in the meeting that lasted for two and a half hours. EC...