He came up with the demand at a press conference at Dhaka Reporters’ Unity (DRU). “A farce was staged in the name of by-polls to Dhaka-5 seat on October 17. No one of our polling agents was allowed to enter the polling station, and those who did it were driven out,” the Jatiya

Awami League candidate Md Kazi Monirul Islam was unofficially elected in Dhaka-5 by-polls held with the use of EVMs amid the low turnout of the voters on Saturday.

A vehicle carrying BNP candidate in Dhaka-5 by-polls Salahuddin Ahmed came under attack in the city’s Demra area reportedly by ruling party activists on Wednesday.

Jatiya Party on Saturday announced the names of its candidates for Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 by-elections.