MK Alamgir's JS Membership
HC asks authorities to explain
The High Court (HC) yesterday issued a rule upon authorities concerned to explain why Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir is holding the office of a parliamentary member despite the Supreme Court's (SC) cancellation of his candidacy.
In response to a writ petition, the court asked the government, the Election Commission (EC) and Alamgir, an Awami League leader, who was elected from Chandpur-1 constituency, to respond to the rule within four weeks.
On July 15 last year, the SC upheld the HC's order declaring the EC's decision to cancel Alamgir's candidacy in the 2008 parliamentary elections, as legal.
In another writ petition, the same HC bench issued a rule upon the authorities concerned to explain why ANM Ehsanul Haque Milon, who got the second highest vote in the constituency in the same parliamentary elections, should not be declared elected following the SC order.
The HC bench comprising Justice Farid Ahmed and Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif issued the rules following two separate writ petitions.
The first petition was filed by five voters of Chandpur-1 constituency on August 14 while Milon filed the other petition.
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