Staff Reporter: BNP’s Dhaka South City Corporation mayor candidate Ishraque Hossain of the city election held on February 1,filed a case with an election tribunal in Dhaka on Tuesday demanding cancellation of the polls.
Judge Utpal Bhattacharya accepted the case to pass an order later in the day on summoning the defendants.
The defendants of the lawsuit are Chief Election Commissioner, commission’s Secretary, winner candidate Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh and five others.
Ishraque claimed that there were widespread irregularities and corruption took place in the February 1 election.
He also pointed out that a good number of voters did not franchise their votes.
The BNP mayor candidate also alleged that the election commissioner, in collusion with others, declared Taposh the mayor of the city corporation.
He also appealed to declare the DSCC election 2020 void and order for fresh polls.
Yesterday, Tabith Awal, BNP-nominated candidate for the Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) mayoral election, filed a case with the election tribunal, demanding the same.
