The Election Commission yesterday asked the public administration ministry to withdraw the Brahmanbaria deputy commissioner, who is also the district’s returning officer, as he created anomalies in preparing the final list of candidates for Brahmanbaria 3 constituency.
Brahmanbaria Returning Officer Noor Mohammad Majumder dropped the name of Jatiya Party candidate Rezaul Islam Bhuiyan from the list although his candidature was neither cancelled by the EC, nor did he withdraw his nomination for the upcoming national polls.
An EC official said the DC had also included the name of Awami League-nominated candidate RAM Obaidul Moktadir Chowdhury in the list of final candidates even after Obaidul had withdrawn his nomination.
The EC decision came following JaPa candidate Rezaul’s petition demanding that the EC declare him the valid candidate in the constituency and allocate an electoral symbol to him.
