AL cancels nomination for Maya, Shamsul of Chandpur

The ruling Awami League (AL) has cancelled the nominations for Disaster Management Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and Mohammed Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan of Chandpur as both of them were found loan defaulters, reports UNB.

Maya has been replaced with Nurul Amin Ruhul, vice-president of Dhaka city unit Awami League (south), for Chandpur-2 constituency while Shamsul Haque with Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, president of Jatiya Press Club, for Chandpur-4, according to sources at the party office.

The party handed over the nomination letters to the newly-nominated candidates around 11:00 pm on Tuesday.