The election office in Chittagong has started distributing nomination papers for the 10th parliamentary polls scheduled to be held on January 5.
Election officials said lawmaker Mainuddin Khan Badal, executive president of Jatiya Somajtantrik Dal, collected the nomination paper for Chittagong 8 (Boalkhali-Chandgaon) constituency, while Solaiman Alam Seth, a presidium member of Jatiya Party, collected the paperwork for Chittagong 9 (Kotwali) constituency.
Badal told the Dhaka Tribune that his representative collected the nomination paper on his behalf, adding that he had collected it on the first date of distribution as he would remain out of the country for few days.
Meanwhile, two returning officers, Divisional Commissioner Mohammed Abdullah Mia and Deputy Commissioner Mohammed Abdul Mannan, sat in a meeting regarding preparations for holding of the elections in a peaceful manner.