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The Election Commission (EC) admitted that the updating of voters' list in the capital city might not be completed by August 20, the extended time frame doing the job through home visits.
EC Secretary Abdur Rashid Sarker said at his office in the city Thursday, reports UNB.
"Although it is difficult to say exactly, I think about 95 per cent of the task will be completed in the city by August 20, leaving only 5.0 per cent of the job undone", he said.
Indicating that the duration for updating the voters' list would not be extended further, he said.
"The EC will sit Sunday, but I do not think it will be possible to extend the time", he added.
As the voters' list is a continuous process there would be scope for inclusion, deletion and amendment after August 20, the EC secretary said.
He said as part of its all out efforts to complete the task in the city, the EC officials have been engaged at the field level.
"The officials from ministries of Education, and Primary and Mass Education and their departments are working and the situation is improving", he added.
Sarker said that as of Wednesday a total of 1,58,50,573 voters have been included while 21,90,235 voters’ names have been deleted.
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