Euro-Bangla Desk
Election Commission (EC) said that the selection of nomination papers of National Citizen Party (NCP) joint convener Nusrat Tabassum for the women’s seat of the 13th National Parliament will be held on Saturday (April 2).
Wednesday (April 29) the returning officer of reserved women’s seat and joint secretary of EC. This information is known from a letter signed by Moinuddin Khan.
Earlier, he told reporters at the capital’s Agargaon election building on Wednesday afternoon that the EC will publish the gazette on Thursday declaring 49 of the 50 reserved members of the Thirteenth National Assembly valid.
He said, a candidate has appealed to the court against the decision of the commission. Besides, Nusrat Tabassum has filed a writ. The court ordered to scrutinize and dispose of his nomination papers within 72 hours. That process has started as per instructions.
When asked what is meant by “settlement”, he said, “settlement” means to accept his nomination papers and scrutinize them according to law. After the scrutiny, he can be included as a valid candidate, and can also be rejected.
Moin Uddin Khan said that among the valid candidates, there are 36 candidates from BNP and its alliance, 12 candidates from Jamaat-e-Islami and party alliance and one candidate from independent alliance. A total of 49 names of valid candidates along with the list have already been published and pulled in the form of notices. According to Section 12(2) of the Reserved Seats Act, this list will be gazetted tomorrow.
Note that the last date for submission of nomination papers was 4 pm on April 21. But when Nusrat submitted the nomination paper 19 minutes after the scheduled time, the returning officer did not accept it.
Nusrat Tabassum wrote a writ in the High Court on April 27 to get back the candidature. The court directed the Election Commission to accept his nomination papers and take further action as per law.
