JS Polls: 56 MP aspirants get back candidatures

Staff Reporter :
Thirty candidates have got back their candidatures in the hearing on their appeals filed before the Election Commission (EC) against the decision of the returning officers in the scrutiny process for the 12th national parliamentary election.

The hearing of the appeals started at the Nirbachan Bhaban in Agargaon in the capital around 10am and continued till 4pm on Sunday. The hearing will be continued till Friday.

The EC has disposed of a total of 50 appeals. Of them, 30 got the EC’s nod to participate in the upcoming election.
The candidates include – Mahi B Chowdhury, Bikalpadhara Bangladesh candidate from Munshiganj-1, Yunus Islam Talukder, an independent candidate from Tangail-2 constituency, SM Habibur Rahman, an independent candidate from Jessore-2 constituency, Md Ziaul Haque Zia, an independent candidate from Jamalpur-2 constituency, Talebuzzaman, a Jatiya Party candidate from Noakhali-2 constituency, Md Nasirul Islam Khan, Awami League candidate for Kishoreganj-3 constituency, Mohammad Arifur Rahman, independent candidate for Faridpur-1 constituency and Sheikh Habibur Rahman, Trinamool BNP co-chairman from Khulna-4.

The Election Commission also cancelled the candidatures of 32 others including independent candidate Khandkar Ahsan Habib of Tangail-5 seat and Zaker Party candidate of Jamalpur-2 seat M Abdul Halim Mandal. The EC also put six applications on hold, pending a decision.

Some 561 aggrieved aspirants filed appeals before the Election Commission in the five days from Tuesday to Saturday (December 5-9), challenging the decisions of the returning officers over the cancellation or acceptance of nomination papers submitted to run the upcoming 12th national parliamentary election slated for January 7.