NCP’s Patwary warns Election Commission fractured into four

A delegation from the National Citizen Party has told the Election Commission officers that the body has “split into four”, Senior Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary has said. On Sunday, after a meeting that ran for over an hour with EC Secretary Akhtar Ahmed, Patwari alleged the presiding officers of the EC at the field level are “from the Awami League”. “The EC has been divided into four parts; one part has been taken over by the Army, and the remaining three parts have been distributed among the parties. “No change has been observed in police; businessmen have no security. In such circumstances, how can an election be held in February?” The deadline for selecting an alternative symbol arrived the same day...