National Desk :
Ruling Awami League (AL) backed panel has won a landslide victory in the Jashore Bar Association election, bagging nine posts out of 13 including the posts of the president and the general secretary.
BNP-backed lawyers’ panel Jatiyatabadi Lawyers United Council (JLUC) got only four posts including two vice-presidents, an assistant secretary and an executive member. Chief Election Commissioner Advocate Ismot Hasar declared the result at 10.00 pm after the polls held from 10 am to 4.00 pm on Friday.
In the election, AL backed candidate Advocate Sharif Nur Mohammad Ali Reza bagging 265 votes became President, while Shanur Alam Shahin became general secretary, getting 379 votes.
The other office-bearers are JLUC candidates MA Latif and Manjur Kadir Ashik (Vice-president), AL backed candidate Palak Kumar Maitro (Joint-Secretary), pro AL candidate Bashir Ahmed Khan and JLUC candidate Julfiker Ali (Assistant Secretaries), AL candidate SM Nasir Alom (Library secretary) and pro AL candidates Tarik Anam Anik, Udoyon Biswas, Rezaur Rahman, Arif Shariar, and pro BNP candidate Selim Reza (Members). A total of 26 candidates contested 13 posts in the polls.
