Staff Reporter :
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking stay on the process of holding by-election to Kurigram-3 Constituency on the ground that the election schedule is illegal.
The by-election to this Constituency which felt vacant after Jatiya Party lawmaker A K M Maidul Islam died on May 11 is scheduled to be held on July 25.
S M Mostafizur Rahman, a resident of
Ramna union under Chilmari upazila, Kurigram, filed the writ petition challenging the legality of the schedule issued by the Election Commission on June 10 for holding the by-polls to Kurigram-3 Constituency.
Petitioner’s lawyer Advocate Sheikh Jahangir Alam told the journalists that the EC had issued a gazette notification on December 13, 2013 including four unions of Chilmari upazila with Kurigram-3 Constituency. The unions are- Chilmari, Ramna, Raniganj and Thanahat.
The EC on April 30 this year issued another gazette notification including the same four unions with Kurigram-4 Constituency.
In the election schedule issued on June 10 this year, the Election Commission, however, said the residents of the four unions can cast their votes in the by-polls to Kurigram-3.
Writ petitioner Mostafizur Rahman said in the petition that he is now a voter of Kurigram-4 Constituency as per the gazette notification issued by the EC on April 30 this year.
But, he (Mostafizur) is allowed to cast his vote in the by-election to Kurigram-3 as per the election schedule which is illegal, Advocate Sheikh Jahangir Alam said.
The lawyer said the HC may hold hearing on the writ petition tomorrow.
A writ petition has been filed with the High Court on Wednesday seeking stay on the process of holding by-election to Kurigram-3 Constituency on the ground that the election schedule is illegal.
The by-election to this Constituency which felt vacant after Jatiya Party lawmaker A K M Maidul Islam died on May 11 is scheduled to be held on July 25.
S M Mostafizur Rahman, a resident of
Ramna union under Chilmari upazila, Kurigram, filed the writ petition challenging the legality of the schedule issued by the Election Commission on June 10 for holding the by-polls to Kurigram-3 Constituency.
Petitioner’s lawyer Advocate Sheikh Jahangir Alam told the journalists that the EC had issued a gazette notification on December 13, 2013 including four unions of Chilmari upazila with Kurigram-3 Constituency. The unions are- Chilmari, Ramna, Raniganj and Thanahat.
The EC on April 30 this year issued another gazette notification including the same four unions with Kurigram-4 Constituency.
In the election schedule issued on June 10 this year, the Election Commission, however, said the residents of the four unions can cast their votes in the by-polls to Kurigram-3.
Writ petitioner Mostafizur Rahman said in the petition that he is now a voter of Kurigram-4 Constituency as per the gazette notification issued by the EC on April 30 this year.
But, he (Mostafizur) is allowed to cast his vote in the by-election to Kurigram-3 as per the election schedule which is illegal, Advocate Sheikh Jahangir Alam said.
The lawyer said the HC may hold hearing on the writ petition tomorrow.
