The Nationalist Citizen Party (NCP) has announced a protest rally in front of the Election Commission (EC) office on Wednesday, demanding electoral reforms and local elections. Party convener Nahid Islam accused the EC of bias and said they could not trust it to conduct fair elections. He stated that the political direction after August 5 appeared engineered to gear up for national elections. He reiterated that local elections are urgently needed. On recent controversies, he clarified that NCP has no links with DNCC administrator Ejaz, calling for a proper investigation into the allegations against him.