The High Court has issued a rule asking why the candidacy of contestants from the Jatiya Party (GM Quader faction) and the National Democratic Front (NDF)—led by Anisul Islam Mahmud and Jatiya Party (Manju faction) Chairman Anwar Hossain Manju—should not be declared illegal in the 13th National Parliamentary Election.
The rule was issued today (11 January) by a High Court bench led by Justice Rajik Al Jalil. Barrister ASM Shahriar Kabir represented the writ petitioner during the hearing.
Earlier last week, a writ petition was filed seeking directives to bar candidates from the Jatiya Party (GM Quader faction) and the NDF from contesting the election.
The petition was filed by Abdullah Al Mahmud, a resident of Bhola and a participant in the July uprising. The respondents include the law secretary, the home secretary, the cabinet secretary, the chief election commissioner, and the election commission secretary.
According to the petition, the GM Quader-led faction of the Jatiya Party has announced candidates in 243 constituencies. The final list was unveiled last year on 26 December at the Lakeshore Hotel in Gulshan by party Secretary General Shamim Haider Patwary.
Meanwhile, the NDF—a newly formed alliance involving the Jatiya Party (Anisul Islam faction) and the Jatiya Party (Manju faction)—has announced 131 candidates for 119 constituencies. The list was announced at a press conference on 23 December at the Sheraton Hotel in Banani.
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