UNB: The Election Commission (EC) on yesterday cancelled the candidacy of Gazipur’s Shreepur upazila parishad chairman candidate Md Jamil Hasan for violating the electoral code of conduct.
The EC took the decision after a hearing held at the EC secretariat in Nirbachan Bhaban in the capital’s Agargaon area.
The EC summoned the chairman candidate to the Nirbachan Bhaban on Wednesday to explain the electoral code violation. He appeared before the EC and explained but the commission was not satisfied, EC ‘s Additional Secretary Ashok Kumar Debnath told reporters.On the other hand, Barishal-6 constituency’s Member of the Parliament (MP) Abdul Hafiiz Mollik came to the EC and apologised for casting vote openly in the upazila parishad elections on May 8.