“Awami League cadres snatched votes with the help of law enforcers in the by-polls by indulging in vote robbery, casting fake votes and driving out agents of the candidates of opposition parties the way they did during the 2018 national election,” said BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir. Speaking at a press conference at BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office, he said, “The Election Commission played the role of a silent spectator. Returning officers didn’t accept the complaints of candidates. A

By-elections to two parliamentary constituencies – Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6-- will be held on October 17 next, according to a schedule declared by the Election Commission on Thursday.