A group of veiled women in Jessore, led by Musammat Anjuara Begum and Rajiyatunnesa, held a human chain protest demanding fingerprint-based national ID verification instead of facial recognition. They submitted a memorandum to the district election office, citing discrimination against fully covered women. Protesters claimed that thousands of veiled women have been denied citizenship rights for 16 years and face educational discrimination. They urged authorities to make fingerprint authentication mandatory and ensure female officials handle the process.