Followers of the incumbent Barishal City Corporation Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah who has been denied Awami League’s ticket for the upcoming mayoral race are dominating the race for councillor posts in the BCC polls scheduled to be held on June 12.
The rift between Awami League’s mayoral candidate Abul Khair Abdullah and his nephew Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, the incumbent mayor of Barishal, has turned into a violent face-off ahead of the city polls slated for June 12.