Tanveer Siddiqui conceals info of his jail term

Four party alliance candidate in Gazipur-1 constituency Chowdhury Tanveer Ahmed Siddiqui was convicted to 14 years in jail for corruption but did not mention it in his affidavit submitted with his nomination paper.
BNP standing committee member Chowdhury Tanveer Ahmed Siddiqui was sentenced to 14 years in jail during the rule of President Abdus Sattar. He spent more than three years in jail. After becoming president HM Ershad granted Chowdhury General amnesty and he came out of jail.
Chowdhury Tanveer is contesting December 29 parliamentary election from Gazipur-1 constituency against his main rival AL-led Grand Alliance candidate AKM Mozammel Haque.
Awami League candidate Rahmat Ali was elected MP three times from Gazipur-1 seat comprising Kaliakoir and Sreepur upazila since 1991. This time the seat has been delimited, Sreepur upazila has been excluded and Bason, Konabari and Kashimpur unions of Gazipur Sadar upazila have been included in Gazipur-1 seat.
Though six other candidates are contesting in the seat the main fight would remain confined between AL candidate and BNP nominee, observers said.