EC says no army deployment planned for local government elections

Police, BGB and Ansar asked to prepare for local polls 2 MIN(s) UPDATED 2 MIN(s) Star Online Report PHOTO: STAR The Election Commission (EC) today said it has no plans to deploy armed forces in the upcoming local government elections, as it stepped up preparations for the five-tier polls.The commission has met the heads of three law enforcement agencies within the past week and instructed them to begin preparations for the elections, including the union parishad, municipality, upazila, city corporation and zila parishad polls.After meeting Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the EC headquarters in Agargaon today, Election Commissioner Abdur Rahmanel Masud told The Daily Star that the army would not be deployed.Election Commissioner Brig Gen (retd) Abul Fazal Md Sanaullah said, “