Awami League (AL) has finally dropped Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya in the upcoming national polls for the Chandpur-2 constituency, which is scheduled to be held on December 30.
Dhaka South Awami League vice-president Nurul Amin Khan Ruhul has been nominated in place of Maya.
The General Secretary of Awami League Obaidul Quader gave this announcement on Friday.
Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) also the Returning Officer (RO) of Chandpur, Majedur Rahman Khan, cleared his nomination paper.
On October this year, the High Court acquitted Maya in a corruption case in which he had been sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment.