Returning Officer and Dhaka Regional Election
Officer GM Sahtab Uddin said five candidates were in the fray as the Gono Front
candidate withdrew his nomination papers on the last day of the withdrawal on
Sunday.
The five candidates are Kazi Monirul Islam of Awami
League, Salah Uddin Ahmed of BNP, Mir Abdus Sabur of Jatiya Party, Arifur
Rahman of Jatiya People's Party and Anshar Rahman Sikder of Bangladesh
Congress.
Candidates will be able to start an official campaign
once the symbol is allotted on Monday. Voting in the by-elections will be held
on October 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the EVM.
EC officials said seven candidates had filed
nomination papers for the election. The nomination papers of two candidates have
been canceled. Later in the application, one gets back the nomination. Another
withdrew his nomination.
After the death of Israfil Alam on the death of
Habibur Rahman Mollah on 6 May and on 26 July the Naogaon-6 seat Dhaka Dhaka-5 the seat was declared vacant. According to the schedule announced by the EC, EVM
polling will be held on October 18 in both the constituencies.
Voting will be held in two constituencies in
accordance with the health rules. Everyone must follow the rules of hygiene in
the election campaign.
Posters at designated places
The returning officer of the Dhaka-19 by-election
said that in the midst of the epidemic, the candidates will go door-to-door in
this election as well as campaign 'in a different way'.
They will be able to put up posters in places
designated by the Election Commission. Layered posters cannot be used. Road
meetings, public meetings should be held at designated places, and miking should
be done without noise pollution.
GM Sahtab Uddin said the campaign rules for the
candidates have been fixed on the basis of 'agreement'.
In the midst of the coronavirus epidemic, the EC
Commission also laid down the rules for campaigning in the by-elections of the
A-10. In the March 21 by-elections, only 5 percent of the votes were cast in
EVMS.
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