Neighbors showered Ehsanul Hakim Sadhan with milk after he was elected chairman in the Baliakandi Upazila Parishad elections of Rajbari.
At noon on Wednesday (May 22), the newly elected chairman was showered with 21 liters of milk by his supporters and residents.
In the election, Ehsanul Hakim Sadhan Baliakandi won the post of Chairman of Upazila Parishad by getting 42 thousand 680 votes on motorcycle symbol. His nearest rival former chairman Vir Muktijoddha Abul Kalam Azad got 41 thousand 680 votes in the pineapple symbol.
However, Abul Kalam Azad alleged widespread rigging in the elections and the expulsion of his agents from the Centre.
Md Zakir Hossain, a supporter of Ehsanul Hakim Sadhan, said, ‘As an additional attraction of the victory, we welcomed the chairman by bathing him in milk.’
Ehsanul Hakim said, ‘I bathed with milk to protect the lives of my supporters and local residents. For 15 long years my rival established monarchy in this upazila. The satisfaction with which the public felt after my victory seemed as if they had been in prison for so long. Now it seems, they are roaming in the open air. For this, they took their own initiative and made me take a bath by bringing milk and sanctified the Baliakandi Upazila Parishad.’
He also said, ‘Thousands of people have been coming to my house since morning. People love me a lot, they have proved their love by voting.’