No meeting on election schedule held yet: EC Secretary

Election Commission (EC) Secretary Md Jahangir Alam has said that the commission is the solely responsible for announcing the schedule, but no meeting on the schedule for the 12th parliamentary election was held yet.

The Election Commission secretary said this to newsmen at his office of Nirbachan Bhaban in the city on Wednesday (November 8).

The schedule will be announced during the first half of November. So, the election will be held in the last week of December and first week of January”, he said.

The country’s environment is favourable for announcing the schedule for the 12th parliamentary election. EC has taken all-out preparations for the election, he said.