bdnews24.com :
The Election Commission has written to the Awami League to decide on revoking former minister Abdul Latif Siddique’s MP status.
Apart from party General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam’s views, the EC also sought Sidique’s statement on the matter.
This is the EC’s first move on the issue after Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury wrote to it to resolve the complications concerning Siddique’s MP status.
Former telecom minister Siddique was sacked from the Cabinet last year for his controversial comment on Hajj. He was subsequently expelled from the ruling party.
“We’ve sent the letters for their statements on the matter after the commission’s approval,” EC Secretary Md Sirazul Islam told bdnews24.com on Thursday evening.
The EC will hold a hearing after getting response from the two sides. An EC official said both sides had been asked to send their written responses to the EC within two weeks. The letters have been sent to Siddique’s Dhaka and Tangail addresses and the Awami League general secretary’s office address.
