Brahmanbaria-2: Everyone is there, voters and Asif are 'not found'

Voting started at 8:30 am on Wednesday through EVMs in 132 centers. A few centers including Sarail Sadar Union Parishad, Uchaliapara Government Primary School, Baddapara Government Primary School, Sarail Annada Government High School were not crowded till 10:30 am.

BNP has appealed to the voters not to go to the center for the by-elections in the seats they have left.

RAB

• More than 1,000 policemen, 150 Ansars, four platoons of BGB and 10 teams of RAB are in charge of security in the polling stations of Sarail and Ashuganj areas, which are under discussion due to various reasons.
• Along with this, 17 executive magistrates and two judicial magistrates are also in the polling field. Voting will continue till 4.30 pm in this seat of 3 lakh 73 thousand 319 voters.

Candidates in the election - Jatiya Party Md. Abdul Hamid, Zaker Party's Zahirul Islam Jewel, independent candidate. Ziaul Haque Mridha, Abdus Sattar Bhuya (Advocate Abdus Sattar), Abu Asif Ahmed.

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Although the Awami League did not participate in the polls, the activists are supporting the five-time MP Ukil Sattar, who won each time with a grain of rice.

On December 11, Sattar also resigned like other BNP parliamentarians as part of the movement demanding an election-time caretaker government. However, he severed ties with the party to stand for the by-election in the vacant seat.

His main rival is thought to be the former president of Ashuganj Upazila BNP, Asif, whose whereabouts were not found even on the day of polling.

The family claimed that independent candidate Abu Asif Ahmed is 'missing' since January 27. Asif's wife Mehrun Nicha submitted a written request to the Returning Officer on Tuesday seeking to find and conduct fair elections.

However, Election Commissioner Anisur Rahman told reporters on Tuesday that he thinks that Asif himself has hidden himself.

Asif's wife Meherunnisa pointed to the police for her husband's disappearance, but Anichur says they have come to know that "no government forces are involved".

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The day after the members of BNP announced their resignation at the Golap Bagh rally in Dhaka on December 10, they went to Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury's office in Sangsad Bhavan and submitted their resignation letter.