A presiding officer in Comilla has been served with a show cause notice for campaigning for the Awami League-nominated candidate for the Comilla-10 constituency in the upcoming 12th parliamentary election, AHM Mustafa Kamal.
Mustafa Kamal is the current lawmaker from the constituency and also the finance minister of the country.
Senior Assistant Judge Rajib Kumar Dev, and chairman of the Election Search Committee of Comilla-10 constituency, served the show-cause notice on Wednesday to the accused, Md Abdul Halim.
Abdul Halim is a lecturer at Lalmai Upazila Principal Abul Kalam Majumder Women's College. He was directed to appear before the Election Search Committee on December 29 and reply to the notice.
Sitakunda upazila chairman served a show-cause notice for using a vehicle during campaining
When contacted, the accused college teacher refused to comment on the matter.
The notice said that according to information published in the media (social media) on Tuesday, Abdul Halim was seen campaigning with boat leaflets along with Kamal’s daughter and brother on Monday and asked people to vote for the boat symbol.
The notice also said Abdul Halim's actions were contrary to a free and fair election environment.
