EC revokes candidacy of BNP's Munshi, upholds NCP's Hasnat in Cumilla-4

The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday cancelled the candidacy of BNP's Monzurul Ahsan Munshi and upheld that of National Citizen Party (NCP) candidate Abul Hasnat, popularly known as Hasnat Abdullah, in Cumilla-4, report agencies.

The decision came after the EC, led by Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin, heard appeal petitions filed by both candidates against each other.

The orders were issued in the afternoon.

The EC accepted the appeal filed by Hasnat canceling the candidature of Monzurul Ahsan, but turned down the appeal filed by Monzurul Ahsan, declaring the candidacy of Hasnat valid in the upcoming national election scheduled for February-12.

Munshi, in his petition, alleged that Hasnat did not mention the sources of his income rightly in the affidavit submitted with the nomination paper.

Hasnat in his appeal alleged that Munshi is a loan defaulter and concealed the information in the nomination paper.