HC stays Jhenaidah-1 by-election

The High Court (HC) has stayed for 21 days the process for holding by-election in Jhenaidah-1 constituency, which was scheduled to be held on June 5 this year.
The HC bench of Justice Md Zakir Hossain passed the order following a petition filed by Nazrul Islam Dulal Biswas, an independent candidate who got the second highest votes in January 7 national election, seeking necessary directives.
In the January 7 election, Awami League candidate Md Abdul Hye was declared elected as lawmaker of the constituency. The constituency felt vacant after Abdul Hye died on March.
On April 23, the Election Commission declared a schedule for holding the by-election to this constituency on June 5.
The HC bench passed the stay order on Monday on the ground that an election petition has been pending with this court, said lawyer Syed Mamun Mahbub who appeared in the court on behalf of Nazrul Islam.
He said the HC may hold hearing of the election petition on May 12.
The lawyer said the election petition was filed before the HC in February seeking its directive to declare Nazrul Islam as the winner in the January 7 election.

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