The nominations of five mayoral candidates – all of them independent candidates – have been rejected in the forthcoming Sylhet City Corporation (SCC) elections.
Returning Officer Md Foysal Kadir made the announcement following the scrutiny process, at Jalalabad Gas Auditorium in Sylhet city on Thursday morning.
He confirmed that the disqualified candidates will have a chance to appeal against the decision within the next three days.
The five independent mayoral candidates are Shamsun Noor Talukder, Mohammad Abdul Mannan Khan, Maulana Zahid Uddin, Md Shahjahan Mia and Mushtaq Ahmed Rauf Mostafa.
Meanwhile, those whose nominations were declared valid include the Awami League's Md Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury, Jatiya Party's Nazrul Islam Babul, Islami Andolan Bangladesh's Hafiz Maulana Mahmudul Hasan, Zaker Party's Md Zahirul Alam, and independent candidates Mohammad Abdul Hanif Kutu and Md Shalah Uddin Rimon.
The Sylhet City Corporation election is set to take place on June 21.
