Former Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) president Atiqul Islam has collected Awami League nomination form to contest the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral by-polls.
Jahangir Hossain, Atiqul’s cousin collected the form for him from the Awami League president’s Dhanmondi office on Wednesday.
Earlier on January 22, the Election Commission fixed February 28 for the DNCC mayoral by-election and polls to elect councillors for the 36 new wards to the North and South city corporations.
The DNCC mayor post became vacant after the death of its mayor Annisul Huq on November 30, 2017.
The Election Commission’s announcement came after six days of the High Court scrapped a stay order on it.
The Commission had last year announced that mayoral by-polls for DNCC and the new city corporation wards would be held on Feb 26. However, the process faced a roadblock after Ataur Rahman and Jahangir Alam, union Council chairpersons of Bhatara and Beraid, filed a petition challenging the decision over their unions being added to Dhaka as city corporation wards.
Before the DNCC polls was halted last year, the ruling Awami League supported Atiqul, who now heads the Centre of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industries or CEBAI.
He was also the BGMEA president for the 2013-14 term.