Polls will be fine without EU observers: Muhith

He stated that elections under the Awami League-led government had been ‘free and fair’.
“No observers came earlier," Muhith told reporters in Sylhet on Sunday.
"There will be no impact on the election even if the observers don’t come,” he said reacting to an EU disclosure that it was considering to send observers during the Jan 5 general election.
Rather, the minister said polls were "tampered with" during the BNP-led government.
In a statement on Saturday, the EU's High Representative on Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, said the Union was "ready to consider sending election observers" to Bangladesh as it did during the 2008 polls.
But the EU was worried about the "political and security situation in Bangladesh", the statement said.
EU Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna echoed similar concern after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Sunday.
Muhith came to Sylhet after he was nominated for the Sylhet-1 constituency.
He is expected to submit his nomination to the returning officer on Monday.