Gaibandha ward Commissioner's election declared null and void
Complainant to move HC
Election of Ragib Hasan Chowdhury as ward commissioner of Gaibandha pourasabha has been declared null and void by the Election Tribunal and the Sessions judge as he had changed his name in the voter list in the polls held four years ago.
Ragib told this correspondent that he would appeal to the High Court against the verdicts.
Ragib Hasan Chowdhury was declared elected ward commissioner in Gaibandha Pourashava election, held on February 25, 1999.
But his nearest rival Shah Md. Nurullah Jahangir filed a case with the Election Tribunal alleging that Ragib Hasan was a bank loan defaulter and so changed his name as Rajib Hasan in the voter list.
The Election Tribunal on June 8 this year declared Ragib's election null and void.
Nurullah appealed with the District and Session Judge's Court against the judgement. Judge AM Md Sayeed in a recent verdict also declared Ragib's election null and void.
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