Since the voting started at 8am yesterday, seven to eight ruling party men wearing tags of the “boat” symbol occupied each of the five polling booths for men at Kaladema Government Primary School in Barisal city.

Manisha Chakraborty, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal’s mayoral candidate of Barisal City Corporation, and her supporters claim that some people “wearing badges of boat” snatched ballot papers from a polling centre.

BNP’s Mayoral candidate for Barisal City Corporation Mujibur Rahman Sarwar, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) candidate Abul Kalam Azad and Islami Andolan Bangladesh candidate Obaidur Rahman have boycotted the city elections with complaints of widespread vote rigging and manipulation.

Watch the video to know about the top mayor runners in the Barisal City Corporation (BCC) elections scheduled to be held on July 30.

A show-cause has been issued to Awami League’s candidate for Barisal city Sadik Abdullah over flouting electoral conduct and electioneering during prohibition.