Shammi loses appeal, Pankaj remains in race
Staff Correspondent
Awami League aspirant in Barishal-4 constituency Shammi Ahmed has crashed out of the upcoming election race as the Election Commission on Friday turned down her appeal against the cancellation of her candidacy by the returning officer.
But independent candidate and incumbent lawmaker Pankaj Debnath remained in the race in the constituency as the commission rejected another petition submitted by Shammi Ahmed.
The commission turned down the two petitions lodged by Shammi Ahmed following hearings at Nirbachan Bhaban in Dhaka.
Awami League International Affairs Secretary Shammi submitted the two petitions challenging the returning officer’s decisions – one is against the cancellation of her nomination paper and another is acceptance of Pankaj Debnath's nomination paper.
Shammi in her petition alleged that Pankaj concealed information in the affidavits submitted with his nomination paper.
Earlier, the returning officer cancelled Shammi's nomination paper on grounds of having dual citizenship.
The Election Commission on 10 December started hearing and disposing of appeals filed by aggrieved aspirants against the acceptance and rejection of nomination papers during the scrutiny.
