Staff Reporter :
The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday cancelled the candidature of Gazipur’s Shreepur upazilaparishad chairman candidate, Md. Jamil Hasan, for violating the electoral code of conduct.
The EC took the decision after a hearing held at the EC secretariat in Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon area.
Jamil Hasan is the brother of State Minister for Primary and Mass Education, Rumana Ali.
The EC summoned the chairman candidate to the Nirbachan Bhaban on Wednesday to explain the electoral code violation. He appeared before the EC and explained, but the commission was not satisfied, the EC’‘s Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath told reporters.
According to the summons, Jamil Hasan Durjoy has been accused of violating the electoral code of conduct on multiple occasions. Despite warnings and penalties for previous violations, he continued to engage in unauthorised activities, including organising rallies and gatherings without permission, thereby disrupting the electoral process.
The violations, which occurred on 21 April, 27 April, and 7 May, involved large gatherings of supporters and the organisation of events without proper authorization.
Consequently, Jamil Hasan Durjoy has been fined Tk50,000 under sections 7(Kha), 7(Ga), and 17(Kha) of the upazila parishad (election conduct) regulations 2016.
Sreepur upazila will go to the polls on May 21, in the second phase of the ongoing upazila elections.
On the other hand, Barishal-6 constituency’s Member of Parliament (MP) Abdul Hafiiz Mollik came to the EC and apologised for casting votes openly in the upazila parishad elections on May 8.
The EC Additional Secretary said the MP apologised unconditionally in the hearing of the commission, and then the EC acquitted him of the charges.