The Election Commission has rescheduled the by-polls at Tangail 4 parliament constituency, which fell vacant following the resignation of sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique.
The by-poll will now be held on November 10 instead of October 28, says a circular issued by the Election Commission.
According to the revised schedule, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers is October 11 while the date for the scrutiny of the nomination papers is October 13 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is October 21.
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The changes have been made considering the Hajj, says EC officials.
Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad is now in Saudi Arabia to perform the Hajj.
Earlier on September 15, the EC fixed October 28 for holding the by-poll. Latif's brother Krishak Sramik Janata League President Kader Siddique announced that he will contest in the poll the same day.
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Tangail-4 constituency was declared vacant from September 1 after the expelled Awami League leader, Latif Siddique, tendered his resignation letter to the Jatiya Sangsad Speaker.
In September last year, the now-former Tangail lawmaker and then telecom minister Latif faced severe criticism from different quarters after making untoward remarks about Hajj and Tabligh Jamaat at a programme in the USA.
A number of lawsuits have been filed against him in the country for hurting religious sentiments. Later he was expelled from the Awami League and fired from the cabinet.
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Following the matter, he was expelled from the Awami League and later removed from the cabinet.
Recently he came out on bail after having stayed nine months in jail in several of those lawsuits.