Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Sunday alleged the Election Commission that a portion of the administration plays partial role and police raids its offices in different places on various excuses ahead of the referendum and 13th parliamentary election scheduled for February 12 next.

“A section of the administration is seen in various places as leaning to one side. We’re receiving such allegations repeatedly,” said Jamaat assistant secretary general Ahsanul Mahboob Zubair while talking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin.

A five-member Jamaat delegation met the CEC at the latter’s office in the city’s Nirbachan Bhaban, seeking EC’s immediate actions to ensure neutral roles from the administration in the election.  

Mahboob Zubair said such conduct by the administration would create confusion among the people. “This will be a major obstacle in holding a fair, nice and credible election,” he said.

He said their offices are raided by police on various excuses and their women activists are harassed in many places but the local administration doesn’t address the issues despite repeated requests.

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“We see attacks and terrorist activities are being carried out in different places across the country and the police are raiding our election offices under various pretexts,” said the Jamaat leader, citing that their women activists face attacks and harassment in Dhaka-15 where Jamaat Ameer Dr Shafiqur Rahman contests from.

He said they informed the returning officers, assistant returning officers and administration, but they see no visible improvement in the electoral environment in those places.

Noting that their offices and activists came under attacks in Patuakhali and Pabna, Mahboob Zubair said they asked the Election Commission to remove the Officer in-Charge of Bauphal Police Station as he is playing a completely biased role.