EC restores Aslam Chy's nomination for Ctg-4

The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday, January 18, restored the candidacy of BNP candidate Mohammad Aslam Chowdhury for Chattogram-4 constituency, rejecting appeal petitions submitted by several banks to cancel his candidature on grounds of loan default.

The Commission, chaired by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, took the decision this afternoon, hearing the petitions filed by Trust Bank, Bank Asia and Jamuna Bank.

Aslam Chowdhury was a borrower from Trust Bank, while he was a guarantor over loans taken from two other banks.

The EC, as the Electoral Appeal Tribunal, on January 10 started hearing and disposing of the appeal petitions filed by aggrieved persons against the decisions of the returning officers on the acceptance and cancellation of nomination papers.

The Commission will settle all 645 appeals by today (Sunday).

Source: UNB