Mirzapur AL to besiege election office today

Mirzapur AL announced the programme on Friday.

Earlier, Ekabbar Hossain alleged in parliament on Thursday that his name was dropped from the draft voter list, “which is erroneous and full of fake voters".

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When contacted over cell phone yesterday, Ekabbar Hossain told the Daily Star, "I filled up the voter form and myself submitted it at the local election office but I did not find my name on the draft voter list.

"Names of a large number of Awami League leaders, activists and supporters in Mirzapur including former lawmaker from Mirzapur and Tangail AL president Fazlur Rahman Faruque have been dropped from the draft voter list", Ekabbar Hossain said.

On the other hand, local election office sources claimed that their men went to lawmaker Ekabbar Hossain several times but he did not enlist his name in the draft voter list.

The draft list contains names of 2,79,176 in Mirzapur, which was 2,32,196 on the list prepared in 2001, showing an increase of 47,000 in the constituency.