Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman on Wednesday night urged voters to cast their ballots for “honest, competent and patriotic” candidates in Thursday’s national election.
In a Facebook post, he called on “dear patriotic voters” to exercise their franchise out of love for the country and a sense of responsibility.
“Cast your valuable vote for an honest, competent and patriotic candidate. Do not put your country in danger for a small amount of money,” he wrote.
In another post, the Jamaat Ameer warned that rumours were circulating and urged people not to pay heed to them.
“Please be careful. Do not pay attention to these rumours,” he added.
A total of 127,298,522 voters (in 299 constituencies) are eligible to cast their ballots in this election. Of them, 64,620,077 are male voters, 62,677,232 are female voters and 1,213 are third-gender voters.
The country has a total of 127,711,899 voters (in 300 constituencies) –64,825,154 males, 62,885,525 females and 1,220 third-gender.