“It’s true that people favoured by an incumbent government can do more work than others, even if you and I like it or not,” he says.

He spoke to reporters around 9:30am after casting his vote at the polling station at Banani Bidya Niketon High School and College.

“Foul is a part of every game. But we’ll have to check whether it is a major foul or a minor one,” Huq of Dhaka North City Corporation told a press conference after the civic voting on Tuesday.

Huq with his ‘table clock’ electoral symbol bagged 442,871 votes until 4:10am on Wednesday, according to the results announced from 1,044 voting centres.

Former FBCCI chief Huq with his ‘table clock’ electoral symbol bagged 460,117 votes, Returning Officer Shah Alam announced at his office at the capital’s Agargaon at 6:35am on Wednesday.

They also conducted a symbolic cleanliness drive in front of the Shooting Club at Gulshan on Saturday. Actors ATM Shamsuzzaman, Ramendu Majumdar, Piyush Bandopadhyay, Shahidul Alam Sachchu and actresses Tarana Halim, Sharmili Ahmed and Tamalika Karmakar were among those who campaigned for the Awami League-backed candidate.

They think Huq, who had headed the top business bodies FBCCI and BGMEA, will be able to make the capital ‘liveable and industry-friendly’, if elected.

Monday’s alleged brush with law came a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered ministers to follow polls code after an Election Commission warning.

Former FBCCI president Annusul huq released his election manifesto at the capital’s Lotus-Kamal tower in Nikunja on Saturday morning. He has emphasised on six points to make Dhaka a ‘liveable’ city.