Election Commission (EC) has postponed elections scheduled for next six months in Mongla port municipality due to a petition in High Court (HC).
The election commission said yesterday the up coming election had been postponed as the High Court had ruled out a petition, said Election Commissioner Ruhul Amin.
On September 23, Mayor of Mongla Julfikar Ali asked residents of Baon and Batarbad area to pay tax within December 30, after they were listed as voters, said Ruhul Amin.
Later, Abul Kalam, including three other residents of the town, filed a write petition challenging the order of the mayor.
Meanwhile, a total of 141 candidates collected nomination paper forms from district returning officer’s office.
Assistant Returning Officer Dilip Kumar Hawladar said of the 114 aspirant candidates include incumbent mayor of Bagerhat municipality Khan Habibur Rahman who collected nomination paper for Awami League ticket while Mina Hasibul Hasan Shipon collected nomination as an independent candidate.
At Moralganj upazila, four mayoral candidates collected nomination papers.
Of them, Professor Shahabuddin Talukdar from Awami League, Abdul Majid Jabar from BNP, Somnath Dey from Jatiya Party and Monirul Haque Talukdar as independent candidate.
