Dhaka, Oct. 23 -- The BNP does not want "questionable and controversial officials" in charge of polling duties in the next election, and they have asked the Election Commission to be cautious of the issue, says Abdul Moyeen Khan, a member of the party's National Standing Committee.

He informed reporters of the comments following a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin on Thursday.

After the nearly two-hour meeting between a BNP delegation and the CEC at the Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka's Agargaon, Moyeen said about 1 million workers are involved in organising the national parliamentary elections.

"The Election Commission must be very careful about those officials who are controversial, those who are questionable. ...