Reza Kibria files writ to get EC registration for Gono Odhikar Parishad

Staff Reporter :
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court challenging the legality of Election Commission (EC) decision not to give its registration to the Gono Odhikar Parishad.

Dr Reza Kibria, Convener of a fraction of the Gono Odhikar Parishad, filed the writ petition on Monday, said his lawyer Aklas Uddin Bhuiyan.

The lawyer said they have sought High Court directives upon the Election Commission to give registration to the Gono Odhikar Parishad as a political party. The lawyer said that a division bench of the HC may hear the writ this week.

A letter signed by EC Deputy Secretary Md Abdul Halim Khan to Dr Reza Kibria on 29 August, states that Gono Odhikar Parishad will not be given registration since it does meet the required conditions.

“In the investigation report sent by the field-level officials and high-powered committee, it has been found that the conditions of the central and district levels of Gono Odhikar Parishad have been formed.