EC notice on 3 Ctg mayor aspirants

The Election Commission yesterday issued show cause notices to three Chittagong City Corporation mayoral aspirants for violating electoral code of conduct.

The notices were issued to Awami League-backed mayoral candidate AJM Nasir Uddin, BNP-backed mayoral candidate M Manjur Alam Manju and Jatiya Party-backed candidate M Solaiman Alam Seth.

Returning officer Abdul Baten issued the notices yesterday evening, sources at Chittagong Election Commission office told The Daily Star.

The mayor aspirants were asked to reply within seven days, they added.

Shafiqur Rahman, assistant returning officer, said, “We have received complains against the mayoral candidates and that's why show cause notices were served."

Manju was served with the notice for inaugurating his election office at Dewanhat on March 26 while Nasir was issued the notice for carrying out his electoral campaign by renting community halls and pasting his posters several times.

Solaiman was also served with the notice for pasting posters on city walls.