HC order on Tuku, Dulu’s candidature challenged

The election commission on Tuesday filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of Supreme Court against a High Court order that cleared BNP leaders Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku and Ruhul QuddusTalukder Dulu to contest the 30 December election.

The chamber judge is likely to hear the appeal on Tuesday afternoon, said Tuku's lawyer Advocate Taijullah Mamun, reports UNB.

The High Court on Monday stayed the election commission's decision declaring invalid Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders clearing the way for them to contest the 11th parliamentary election.

Earlier, the EC rejected the appeals by BNP's Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku from Sirajganj-2 and Ruhul Kuddus Talukdar Dulu from Natore-2 and stayed the decision of the returning officers.

The BNP leaders filed petitions on Sunday against the decision of the election commission.