Staff Reporter:
The Election Commission (EC) yesterday removed the Awami League’s poll symbol ‘Boat’ from its web-site.
EC Secretariat System Manager Engineer Md Rafiqul Haque said that the symbol ‘Boat’ has been re-moved as per the directive of the authorities concerned.
The National Citizen Party (NCP) had demanded that the symbol ‘Boat’ should be removed from the Election Commission’s schedule as the Awami League’s registration has remained suspended.
NCP leaders made this demand after meeting Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin at the Agargaon Election Building recently.
After the meeting with the CEC, NCP leader Advocate Zahirul Islam Musa told reporters, “Even though the registration of the Awami League has been suspended, the symbol ‘Boat’ has not been removed from the list. We have brought this matter to the attention of the EC.”
“Legally, the EC cannot keep the boat symbol in the list. The government has already banned the activi-ties of the Awami League. After that, the EC suspended the registration. Until there is any other decision from the government or any directive from the court regarding the Awami League, the boat symbol can-not be kept on the website list,” he added.
