Election
Commission (EC) said the Union Parishad (UP) elections would be held in seven
phases starting 12 November. However, just a few hours after the EC’s
announcement on Monday, the government claimed that it knew nothing about the
dates for the UP elections.
Government officials,
including the State Minister of Local Government Mir Shahe Alam and the Information
Adviser Zahed Ur Rahman, added that they were unaware of the EC’s announcement
and noted that the decision on when to...