Settle charges against Afil, Monirul: HC

The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to resolve within two weeks the code-of-conducts violation charges against two ruling Awami League’s MP candidates from Jessore. The bench of Justice Mirza Hussain Haider and Justice Muhammad Khurshid Alam Sarkar has issued the order after disposing of two writ petitions filed by the candidates. Sheikh Afil Uddin was elected without contest from Jessore-1 and Monirul Islam was unofficially elected from Jessore-2. The gazette notification declaring them elected is yet to be published as the charges against them are not yet disposed of. The Election Commission had earlier postponed a hearing on the allegations following the petitions. The High Court now sent the matter to the commission for settlement.