Chief Election Commission (CEC) Kazi Habibul Awal on Wednesday said that is the responsibility of the law enforcement agencies to maintain communal harmony in the country before, after or during the election and they have to bear the responsibility if they fail to do that.
The CEC said these while talking to reporters after a delegation of Bangladesh Hindu Buddhist Christian Oikya Parishad led by its general secretary Advocate Rana Das Gupta met with him at the Election Commission Bhaban on Wednesday.
The delegation submitted a memorandum to the CEC expressing their concern over the possible communal violence before and after the national election.
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The CEC said they told the Oikya Parisahd leaders that they have taken the concern seriously as communal violence occurred in the past in Bangladesh centering the national election.
He said he told them that it is the responsibility of the law enforcement agencies to prevent violence before or after the election but the EC will inform the deputy commissioners, superintendents of police, Home Ministry and other concerned so that no violence happen.
He said, “I can’t be accepted, it can’t be a behavior of a civilized society, it is inhumane, we never allow such inhumane behavior.”
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He requested the Oikya Parisahd leaders to raise their concern after meeting with all the authorities' concerned and said they have some control over the law enforcement agencies till 15 days after the election and they will keep an eye on this.
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