BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir has hit out at Jamaat-e-Islami, alleging that party workers are going door to door across the country, collecting voters’ mobile financial service numbers and National ID information in a move he called a “serious threat to a free and fair election.”
He found that collecting MFS numbers is highly suspicious.
Fakhrul made the allegations immediately after meeting Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the Election Commission in Agargaon on Sunday, January 18, saying that such activities, if left unchecked, could influence the upcoming elections.
“The Election Commission has acted questionably in many cases. Postal ballots were mishandled, and certain parties have been given undue advantages,” he said.
He added that BNP has raised multiple concerns with the EC and demanded a level playing field, warning that unfair practices were forcing their party chairman to cancel personal visits to constituencies. Fakhrul also accused some election officials of working in favour of a single political party, intensifying the stakes in the pre-election period.
The BNP delegation meeting the CEC included Standing Committee member Nazrul Islam Khan, Chairman Advisory Council member Ismail Zabiullah, and former Acting Secretary of the Election Commission Mohammad Zakaria. Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed attended on behalf of the commission.
The meeting, which started around 4:45 pm, comes amid rising tensions as political parties gear up for the national polls. Fakhrul’s allegations are likely to add fuel to the ongoing debate over voter data security and the impartiality of the election body.