HC stays BFUJ polls for two months
The High Court yesterday stayed for two months the process for holding elections to the executive posts of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) on charge of irregularities in the voter-list.
The BFUJ elections were scheduled to be held on October 23.
Yesterday, the HC bench of Justice Md Mozibur Rahman Miah and Justice Md Kamrul Hossain Mollah passed the stay order following a writ petition filed by Mohammad Hasan Ferdous, former general secretary of Chattogram Union of Journalists, challenging the legality of the voter-list prepared for BFUJ elections in 2021, Assistant Attorney General Golam Sarwar Payel told The Daily Star.
He said the name of writ petitioner Mohammad Hasan Ferdous has been dropped from the voter-list. He submitted an application to the BFUJ president and the registrar general of trade union in August and September this year for correcting the list through including his name, but to no avail, said AAG Golam Sarwar.
Yesterday, the HC bench also issued a rule asking the authorities concerned to explain why they should not be directed to amend the BFUJ voter-list. Lawyer Tirtha Salil Pal appeared for the writ petitioner during the hearing.
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