Thirty-five candidates who lost in the February 12 elections have challenged the results in the High Court (HC), alleging several irregularities in the voting process, reports bdnews24.com.
On Monday, the bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain, appointed to hear election-related cases, admitted the petitions separately and fixed them for hearing.
In the order admitting the cases, the court directed the Election Commission (EC) to preserve ballots, CCTV footage and related equipment from the concerned constituencies.
Notices have also been issued to the winning candidates.
Among those who filed the petitions are 21 candidates from the BNP, 12 from Jamaat-e-Islami, and one each from Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis and the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
The BNP candidates include Nadira Akter from Madaripur-1, Shahrin Islam from Nilphamari-2, Md Sharifuzzaman from Chuadanga-1, M A Quayum from Dhaka-11, Syed Mehedi Ahmed Rumi from Kushtia-4, Md Nabi Ullah from Dhaka-5, Md Faruk Alam from Gaibandha-5, Md Hasan Zafir Tuhin from Pabna-3, Akbar Ali from Sirajganj-4, Kamrul Huda from Cumilla-11, Tanveer Ahmed Robin from Dhaka-4, Aminul Haque from Dhaka-16, Syed Imran Saleh Prince from Mymensingh-1, Sohel Hossain Kaikobad from Kurigram-2, Saiful Islam from Rangpur-6, Emdadul Haque Varosha from Rangpur-4, retired Maj Gen Md Sharif Uddin from Rajshahi-1, DMD Ziaur Rahman from Rajshahi-4, Habibur Rahman Habib from Pabna-4, Sunsila Jebrin from Sherpur-1 and Motahar Hossain Talukder from Mymensingh-2.
Jamaat-e-Islami candidates who filed the petitions include party Secretary General Mia Golam Parwar from Khulna-5, Shameem Sayedee from Pirojpur-2, Dr Sultan Ahmed from Barguna-2, Elias Molla from Narayanganj-2, Iqbal Hossain Bhuiyan from Narayanganj-3, Anowarul Islam Raju from Lalmonirhat-1, Firoz
Haider from Lalmonirhat-2, Abdul Mannan from Dhaka-6, Md Abdur Rahim Sarker from Gaibandha-4, Md Enayetullah from Dhaka-7, Nur Ahmed Anwary from Cox's Bazar-4 and Jashim Uddin Sarker from Dhaka-10.
