SADM seeks ban on 2024 candidates in 2026 polls

Students Against Discrimination Movement (SADM) on Wednesday demanded that candidates who contested the 2024 general election be barred from running in the upcoming 13th Jatiya Sangsad (JS) election, arguing that their participation would undermine electoral fairness and reform efforts, reports UNB.

We asked the Election Commission to take measures to ensure that candidates who contested in the so-called 'ami-dumi election' in 2024 cannot participate in the upcoming election. We have submitted a legal notice to the EC in this regard," said SADM president Rifat Rashid.

He was talking to reporters after a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner AMM Nasir Uddin at the latter's office in the capital's Nirbachan Bhaban.