Khaleda reelected BNP chairperson
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Dhaka, Dec 2 (UNB) - BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia was today (Wednesday) reelected unopposed the party chairperson for a three-year term subject to scrutiny of her nomination paper.
Khaleda Zia was reelected unofficially as no other candidate either collected or submitted nomination paper for contesting the election to the post of the BNP high command.
The scheduled time to collect and submit nomination paper for contesting the election expired at 6pm today.
BNP office secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on behalf of Khaleda Zia, submitted the nomination paper to returning officer Dr RA Gani at the party's Naya Paltan central office at 4:30 pm today.
Earlier, on Tuesday, Rizvi also collected Begum Zia's nomination paper on her behalf.
Assistant returning officer Abdul Mannan and member of the BNP chairperson election 2009 election commission Adv Sanaullah Mia were present during submission of the nomination paper.
Rangamati district BNP president Dipen Dewan proposed Khaleda Zia's name in her nomination paper while convenor of Gabtali upazila BNP under Bogra district Aminur Rahman Talukder seconded it.
Returning officer Dr RA Gani, assistant returning officer Abdul Mannan and election commission member Sanaullah Mia were present at the BNP's central office till 6pm, the last time of submission of the nomination paper.
At 6:05 pm, Dr Gani said the time for submitting nomination paper is over and that is the end to the first step of the election procedure.
Talking to UNB, Dr Gani said they distributed only one nomination paper and also received one. "The only one nomination paper was filed by Begum Khaleda Zia," he said.
He said they will scrutinize the nomination paper at 12 noon tomorrow (Thursday) and submit it to the election commission soon after its withdrawal time at 5pm on Friday.
Replying to a question, Dr Gani said they cannot declare the candidate unofficially elected as the election commission is supposed to do that.
Khaleda Zia was reelected unofficially as no other candidate either collected or submitted nomination paper for contesting the election to the post of the BNP high command.
The scheduled time to collect and submit nomination paper for contesting the election expired at 6pm today.
BNP office secretary Ruhul Kabir Rizvi, on behalf of Khaleda Zia, submitted the nomination paper to returning officer Dr RA Gani at the party's Naya Paltan central office at 4:30 pm today.
Earlier, on Tuesday, Rizvi also collected Begum Zia's nomination paper on her behalf.
Assistant returning officer Abdul Mannan and member of the BNP chairperson election 2009 election commission Adv Sanaullah Mia were present during submission of the nomination paper.
Rangamati district BNP president Dipen Dewan proposed Khaleda Zia's name in her nomination paper while convenor of Gabtali upazila BNP under Bogra district Aminur Rahman Talukder seconded it.
Returning officer Dr RA Gani, assistant returning officer Abdul Mannan and election commission member Sanaullah Mia were present at the BNP's central office till 6pm, the last time of submission of the nomination paper.
At 6:05 pm, Dr Gani said the time for submitting nomination paper is over and that is the end to the first step of the election procedure.
Talking to UNB, Dr Gani said they distributed only one nomination paper and also received one. "The only one nomination paper was filed by Begum Khaleda Zia," he said.
He said they will scrutinize the nomination paper at 12 noon tomorrow (Thursday) and submit it to the election commission soon after its withdrawal time at 5pm on Friday.
Replying to a question, Dr Gani said they cannot declare the candidate unofficially elected as the election commission is supposed to do that.