EC acting arbitrarily in symbol allocation

Hasnat Abdullah, chief organiser (south) of the National Citizen Party, yesterday accused the Election Commission of acting arbitrarily in allocating the party's electoral symbol.

"We have seen such arbitrary decisions from this Election Commission before. Under what policy have they now included the water lily bud (Shapla Koli) in the list? Have they clarified that? Or explained under which policy they decided not to include the water lily? They have not," he said at a coordination meeting organised by the NCP at the Barguna District Shilpakala Academy auditorium.

"Have they clarified under which policy other political parties were allocated symbols? This shows that the Election Commission's decisions on symbol inclusion or exclusion are obstinate, dogmatic, and arbitrary," Hasnat added.