Rahat Islam of DOT
India will send observers to monitor the upcoming Bangladesh general elections scheduled to be held on December 30.
The Indian Election Commission took the decision after a meeting between India’s Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Syed Muazzem Ali t New Delhi on Wednesday.
A team comprising 3-4 observers from the Indian Election Commission will reach Dhaka “closer to the date” of Bangladesh’s general elections to monitor the polls, a senior official of Bangladesh High Commission told BSS.
However, an official seeking anonymity claimed the Indian government has already asked the election commission to send its observer to monitor the polls, according to a report by The Daily Star.
A group of Indian journalists will also arrive in Bangladesh to cover the general elections.
The journalists representing of different national and international media, including BBC, CNN, DW, have already applied for Bangladesh visas to the high commission.
Bangladesh High Commission sources said they have already received visa applications from over 40 journalists including from BBC, CNN, DW and other foreign and local media willing to cover Bangladesh’s general elections.