Kader Siddique to contest Tangail-4 by-polls

Abdul Kader Siddique. File Photo
Abdul Kader Siddique. File Photo

Krishak Sramik Janata League (KSJL) president Abdul Kader Siddique and three other leaders of the party on Sunday submitted nomination papers to contest the Tangail-4 by-election scheduled for 10 November, reports UNB.
Kidder Siddique’s wife Nasrin Siddique along with party leaders and activists submitted the nomination papers to the Kalihati upazila returning officer, said a press release.
The three other KSJL leaders who filed nominations are Nasrin Siddique, party joint secretary Iqbal Siddique and Kalihati unit party president Hasmat Ali.
The parliamentary seat-133 (Tangail-4) remains vacant since 1 September as sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique, elder brother of Kader Siddique, quit his parliament membership on 1 September.

The former posts and telecommunications minister was dropped from the cabinet and stripped off his membership of the ruling Awami League in October last year amid a wave of criticisms following his derogatory remarks on Islam, its Prophet Muhammad (SWM), hajj and Tablighi Jamaat in the USA last year.

A total of 19 aspirants collected the nomination forms to contest the election.

Meanwhile, the ruling Awami League named Hasan Imam Khan Sohel Hazari as its candidate for contesting the by-polls.