The Election Commission restored the candidacy of 28 aspirants for the upcoming national parliamentary election on Thursday, the fifth day of hearing appeals against returning officers' decision regarding candidacies.
Appeals of 30 aspirants against the returning officers' decision were rejected, EC sources said.
Of the 60 appeals heard, the verdict of one will be announced later while one applicant was absent.
EC also rejected an appeal challenging the candidature of Jatiya Party aspirant from Patuakhali-1 Ruhul Amin Hawladar.
Nazrul Islam Khan, a candidate for the same constituency, filed an appeal against Hawladar.
In the appeal, Nazrul challenged the candidacy of Hawladar alleging that the latter submitted his income tax return after the deadline of nomination paper submission expired.
Meanwhile, two people were detained following a scuffle among supporters of Awami League candidate Md Abdus Sabur and independent candidate Barrister Naeem Hasan for Comilla-1 constituency in front of the Election Commission in Dhaka's Agargaon area.
