Princh Mondal Olif, Bagerhat District Correspondent:

BNP and its affiliated organisations staged a broom and shoe procession in Chitalmari of Bagerhat on Sunday, alleging irregularities in the results of a recruitment test for data collectors and supervisors tasked with collecting information for the Family Card database.

The procession started from the Chitalmari Upazila Parishad premises and paraded through several roads before holding a protest rally.

Addressing the rally, speakers alleged irregularities in the publication of the recruitment test results. They demanded the removal and dismissal of Chitalmari Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Khadija Akter and Ranjan Biswas, a senior official of the Department of Social Services.

The protesters declared that their “one-point, one-demand” would continue until the authorities accept their demands. They also warned that they would take to the streets and, if necessary, block roads as part of their movement.

Meanwhile, tension was reported at the Chitalmari Upazila premises amid the protest. Several government offices in the area were found closed or locked. Additional police personnel were deployed at the upazila premises to maintain law and order.

The concerned authorities could not immediately be reached for their comments regarding the allegations of irregularities in the recruitment test results.