Khaleda challenges EC’s decision in High Court

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Khaleda challenges EC’s decision in High Court

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Politics

BD Correspondent: Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia on Sunday filed three separate writ petitions with the High Court challenging the Election Commission’s decision of cancelling her all the three nomination papers for the December 30 general election.

Khaleda’s counsel Nowshad Jamir filed the petitions seeking High Court directive on the Election Commission to accept her nomination papers so that she can contest the polls from Bogura 6, Bogura 7 and Feni 1 constituencies.

The Election Commission on Saturday rejected all three appeals of Khaleda against cancellation of her nominations by returning officers. After hearing the appeals, an election commissioner accepted those. However, the chief election commissioner and three other election commissioners rejected the appeals.

Returning officers in Feni and Bogura had rejected Khaleda’s nomination papers for Feni 1, Bogura 6 and Bogura 7 on grounds of her conviction in criminal cases.