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Download PDF Only two candidates filed their nomination papers for one of the eight Dhaka city constituencies yesterday, the third day of the five-day window for submitting nomination papers.
Independent candidates Loskor Keramot Ali Siddique and Shah Alam filed their nomination papers for Dhaka-5 constituency yesterday.
Candidates of the BNP-led four-party alliance are yet to file their nomination papers in any of the eight constituencies except Dhaka-11.
So far, 16 candidates, mostly independent ones, have filed their nomination papers for the constituencies of Dhaka city.
Four-party alliance candidate SA Khaleque submitted his nomination papers for Dhaka-11 constituency on Thursday at Zila Election Office, Agargaon.
However, Abdul Kader Mollah, assistant secretary general of Jamaat-e-Islami, filed his nomination papers for Dhaka-4 constituency. He told The Daily Star last night that he filed the papers as a Jamaat candidate not as a four-party alliance candidate.
Another, Jamaat leader Mir Kashem Ali also filed his nomination papers for Dhaka-11 constituency but he did not reveal his political identity in the papers, said officials of the Returning Officer’s (RO’s) Office.
Six independent candidates filed their nomination papers for different constituencies of Dhaka city on the first day, December 20. Eight candidates filed their nomination papers on the second day.
Election officials of the RO’s Office said the much-expected enthusiasm in submitting nomination papers is still missing as the 14-party alliance is yet to declare whether they would participate in the elections.
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