SCBA election results yet to be announced

Although the counting of votes in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election for the 2022-23 sessions has already been completed, the result is yet to be announced as a chaotic situation was created over the vote count of secretary post.
As incumbent Secretary Barrister Ruhul Quddus Kazal was leading during the end of vote counting, supporters of his rival Md Abdun Nur Dulal locked in a chaos early Friday.
Meanwhile, before the announcement of the final result, Advocate AY Mashiuzzaman, convener of the election sub-committee, resigned from his post alleging misconduct on the part of the supporters of Awami League-backed secretary candidate Md Abdun Nur Dulal. Therefore, the announcement of the election result was halted.
Voting in two-day polls to elect the office bearers for the 2022-2023 sessions of the SCBA was held on March 15 and 16. The counting of votes ended at midnight on March 17.
But supporters of Mr Abdun Nur Dulal demanded a recount of the votes for the post of secretary, leading to chaos.
In the meantime, without disposing of the petition filed by the supporters of Abdun Nur Dulal, Convener of the sub-committee AY Mashiuzzaman resigned.
Mashiuzzaman said, "Although I mentioned medical grounds in the resignation letter, actually I have been humiliated."
"For many years, I have been conducting the election of the Supreme Court Bar Association. But I have never seen such dirtiness in SCBA."
"I wanted to bring the election system of the SCBA into a form, but I saw that it was not happening."
He also said, "The behaviour of the supporters of the secretary candidate of the Awami League-backed panel is unexpected."

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