Acceptable and peaceful election indeed!

On March 22, 2016, the first phase of the UP election was held amid violence in which 10 people were killed and nearly 500 hundred injured. Intimidation, stuffing of ballot boxes and capturing of polling stations were rampant. We are dumbfounded by the claim of the Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmed that the first phase of UP polls was “acceptable” as voting was “peaceful”.

This is unacceptable. When the CEC is unable to hold a fair election, should he not resign instead of turning a blind eye to the mayhem?