Inu’s wife Rina submits nomination papers for Rumeen Farhana's seat

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) vice-president Afroza Haque Rina, wife of JSD president Hasanul Haque Inu, today filed her nomination papers for the by-election to the reserved women's seat of Rumeen Farhana, who resigned from parliament.

She submitted the nomination papers to EC Joint Secretary and Returning Officer Md Abdul Baten at the Election Commission office in Agargaon today.

JSD General Secretary Shirin Akhter and Office Secretary Sajjad Hossain were present when she submitted the papers.

Abdul Baten told reporters that Afroza Haque submitted the nomination papers as a candidate of the Awami League-led 14-party alliance.

According to the schedule, the last date for submission of nomination papers for the by-election to the reserved seat is today.

The nomination papers will be selected on March 2.

The last date for withdrawal of candidature is March 6. The election will take place on March 20. If there are no other candidates, Afroza will be elected unopposed.

Afroza was born on October 5, 1951, in Nawabganj, Dhaka. She joined the East Pakistan Chhatra League while studying at Eden College. In 1969, she was elected social service secretary in the student parliament election. In 1975, she married Hasanul Haque Inu.

Seven BNP MPs, including Rumeen Farhana, resigned from the parliament following the December 10 rally last year