The National Citizen Party (NCP) has demanded a recount of votes in several constituencies, alleging irregularities and manipulation in the announcement of election results.
The party alleges that the results are being tampered with in a planned manner in some centres.
NCP Spokesperson Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain made the allegation at a press conference held at the NCP central office in Bangla Motor in the early hours on Friday, February 13.
“We are getting clear evidence of result tampering aimed at the 11-party alliance’s top candidates,” he alleged.
He claimed to have found discrepancies between figures reported by the media, centre-wise vote counts, and announcements made by returning officers in several constituencies.
Former adviser also alleged irregularities in different constituencies in Dhaka, claiming that in some cases, winners were declared before the completion of full vote counting, while in others, results from individual centres were later reversed.
He further alleged unrest and pressure in Kurigram-1 and Kurigram-2 following unofficial victory announcements for alliance candidates.
Pointing to Dhaka-8, he claimed that ballots stamped outside the designated marker box were counted in favour of a sheaf of paddy symbol (for BNP).
He also claimed that when they contacted those concerned about this matter, they were blaming each other.
The NCP leader urged the Election Commission to review the disputed constituencies before finalising the results and exclude the false votes.
Source: UNB