City Reporter: Three and a half years ago, BNP’s mayoral candidate, the former convenor of BNP, asked to cancel Chittagong City Corporation elections. The court declared him mayor in the election tribunal case filed by Shahadat Hossain. At the same time, instructions have been given to publish the gazette within the next 10 days.
The verdict was given by the Election Tribunal and Joint District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Khairul Amin on Tuesday (October 1) afternoon. Advocate Arshad Hossain Asad confirmed the matter.
He said Chittagong City Corporation mayoral candidate Dr. In the case filed by Shahadat Hossain, the court declared him as the mayor.
It is known that on February 24, 2021, the results announced for the post of Chittagong City Corporation and the gazette published announcing the election of Awami League candidate Rezaul Karim Chowdhury as the mayor filed a case in court seeking re-election. Shahadat Hossain.
Shahadat filed the case under the Local Government (City Corporation) Act 2009 and Rule No. 53 and Sub-Rule No. 2 of Election Rules 2010. Golam Mawla Murad, lawyer of the Chittagong Judge Court, said that former BNP convener Dr. Shahadat Hossain has been declared the Mayor of Chittagong by the Election Tribunal. He ordered to publish the gazette within 10 days.
He also said that Chittagong’s 1st Joint District Judge’s Court and Election Tribunal gave a unilateral decree in the case filed challenging the results of the mayoral election of Chittagong City Corporation. In this, EC has ordered Dr. Shadat Hossain to publish the gazette within 10 days as the mayor of Chittagong City Corporation.
