Euro-Bangla Desk
Mahmuda Alam Mitu, Joint Chief Organizer of National Citizen Party (NCP) South Region and Member of Parliament for reserved women’s seat, has expressed concern over the publication of full residential addresses of candidates on the Election Commission’s website. At the same time, he also said that he is suffering from insecurity due to the disclosure of his personal address.
He expressed this concern on his verified Facebook ID on Friday (May 1) morning.
This NCP leader wrote in the post, ‘How logical is it to open the full address of a candidate’s home like this? Very lovingly, someone came down to the house and called.
But I am so surprised that I cannot express it in words. After seeing the address opened by the Election Commission, he stood in front of the house and called.’
Mitu said, ‘He objected to the matter even when he was nominated for the first time. It was then informed by the district administration that it is done according to the format prescribed by the Election Commission.’
In the Facebook post, he wrote, ‘I have my children in my house, my mother is there. I myself am not at home most of the time. In this reality I feel personally insecure that my address has been published in this way.’
He also claims that he has been threatened with death at least 20 to 25 times.
He said, ‘I don’t want to say this for sympathy, but home address is definitely private information, which should not be disclosed like this.’
This NCP leader said, ‘Yesterday night when I entered the house, I saw two people standing with a motorcycle. They may have been for some other reason but my mental instability had started. I often enter the house at 11/12 at night.’
He also writes, ‘In a country where people are killed for 5-10 thousand taka, murder is like dal rice, in that country such matters should be taken seriously.’
Mahmuda Alam Mitu complained that even though the issue was discussed earlier, it was not given importance. He said, ‘Only after an accident, matters become important, there is talk of changing the rules. But whoever has an accident in his life, his life is over.’
Demanding the protection of candidates’ personal information, he urged the Election Commission to change this rule quickly.
