PM warns ministers, MPs not to influence upazila polls

Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina has asked the ministers and her party's members of parliament (MPs) not to influence the upcoming upazila polls.

The premier gave the order at the Awami League parliamentary party meeting at Jatiya Sangsad Bhavan on Thursday (May 2) night.

"I want uninfluenced, free, fair and neutral upazila elections. The winners of the election are welcomed. They will be winners whom people want. Awami League has come to power as the people wanted," she said.

She said her government has been working to make the electoral process more pro-people and transparent.

The sixth upazila election is going to start on May 8. The Election Commission said that the polls will be held in four phases. In the first phase, voting will be held in 146 upazilas.