Staff Reporter :
Incumbent Mayor Sayeed Khokon on Thursday bought Awami League (AL) nomination form to contest in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) election.
He along with his family members collected the nomination paper from AL President’s political office in Dhanmondi.
Meanwhile, Hazi Saifuddin Ahmed Milon has collected Jatiya Party’s(JP) nomination form for the mayoral post of the DSCC polls.
Both Khokon and Milon collected the papers from their party presidents’ office at Dhanmondi and Banani respectively on Thursday.
Beside, BNP has started selling nomination forms for the mayoral posts for Dhaka North and South City Corporation elections on Thursday.
On first day, a total of 3 candidates have collected nomination forms of BNP for Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) mayoral race.
Ishraq Hossain, son of former Mayor of undivided Dhaka City Corporation late Sadeque Hossain Khoka, collected nomination paper from the BNP to fight for the mayoral post in the upcoming elections to the DSCC.
Apart, BNP Executive Committee member Tabith Awal and Special Secretary Asaduzzaman Ripon also collected nomination forms from BNP’s central office in Nayapaltan in the capital the same day to run the mayoral race in the polls to the DNCC.
Earlier on Wednesday, current mayor M Atiqul Islam collected AL nomination form for election to DNCC while lawmakers Fazle Nur Tapash and Haji Selim collected bought nomination forms for DSCC.
The elections to DSCC and DNCC will be held on January 30 next.
Aspirants can submit their nomination papers until December 31 to the Election Commission and it will be scrutinized on January 2, while the last date of candidature withdrawal is January 9.
