Tomorrow Sunday is the last day for the appeal hearing of the candidates whose nominations were canceled in the scrutiny of the returning officers ahead of the National Parliament elections to be held on February 12. Besides, on this day, the Election Commission (EC) will decide whether the candidates with dual citizenship can participate in the national elections or not.
On this day, during the hearing on dual citizenship in the Election Commission, there was an altercation between BNP candidates of Feni-3 Constituency, Abdul Awal Mintu and Hasnat Abdullah.
Almost all of the pending applications are related to dual citizenship, EC sources said. No decision has yet been made on the application for dual citizenship. The commission will decide on dual citizenship on Sunday.
Meanwhile, on the eighth day of the appeal hearing in the EC today, 44 people got their candidature back. About 400 candidates have returned their candidature in eight days. But on this day, Manjurul Ahsan Munshi, BNP candidate of Comilla-4 seat, his rival National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate. Abul Hasnat (Hasnat Abdullah) lost the candidature following the application. However, the EC rejected Manjurul Ahsan Munsi’s application challenging the validity of Hasnat’s nomination.
According to the EC, 112 applications were heard today. 37 of them have been rejected. 45 have been sanctioned. There are 19 pending. Nine applications were not raised due to withdrawal. Two appellants were absent. A total of 645 appeals were filed with the EC within the stipulated time.
After the hearing today, Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retd.) Abul Fazal. Sanaullah said that the hearing of all pending applications will start from 12 noon on Sunday.
Among those who have returned their candidatures are Farzana Farid, an independent candidate of Jamalpur-3 constituency, Janata Dal candidate of Gazipur-2 constituency. Sharikul Islam is an independent candidate for border and Khagrachari constituencies, former Zilla Parishad Chairman Jiruna Tripura and others.
Badshah Mia’s appeal against 7 candidates
A total of 8 candidates submitted their nomination papers for the Lalmonirhat-2 seat in the parliamentary elections. All nominations were declared valid by the local returning officer. Among them, BNF candidate Badsha Mia appealed to the EC seeking cancellation of the nomination of seven candidates including CPB. After the hearing today, the EC has declared the nomination of seven candidates as valid.
