The Election Commission on Sunday cleared the way for most candidates facing dual citizenship complications to contest the February 12 national election, but rejected appeals from two BNP aspirants from Comilla-3 and Comilla-10.
BNP candidate Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan (Comilla-10) lost his candidature on the grounds of a dual citizenship issue during the hearing in his absence, while another BNP contestant, Sarowar Alamgir (Chittagong-2), lost his candidacy on the grounds of loan default on Sunday.
However, the EC, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, kept the fate of BNP candidate Kazi Shah Mofazzal Houssain Kaikobad (Comilla-3) pending for the verification of the denouncement of his Turkish citizenship. But the Commission is most likely to uphold his candidacy to run the election from Comilla-3.
Earlier, on Saturday, the Commission cancelled the candidacy of BNP’s Manjurul Ahsan Munshi and upheld that of National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate Abul Hasnat, popularly known as Hasnat Abdullah, in Comilla-4. Munshi's candidacy was revoked on the grounds of loan default.
