Tasnim Jara's nomination papers rejected for Dhaka-9, appeal planned
According to the former NCP leader, the election authorities, during their verification process, found two signatories who were found not to be voters of Dhaka-9
The nomination form of Dr Tasnim Jara, an aspiring independent candidate for Dhaka-9 and former leader of the National Citizen Party (NCP), has been rejected by the returning officer concerned.
The returning officer, Dhaka Deputy Commissioner Md Rezaul Karim, announced the rejection today (3 January) after completing the scrutiny of the nomination papers.
Explaining the reason cited for the rejection, Tasnim said independent candidates are required under election rules to submit signatures of at least 1% of voters in the constituency.
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"We submitted more than the required number of signatures, around 200 extra," she added.
According to her, the authorities selected 10 individuals from the submitted list for verification. Of them, eight were found to have provided correct information.
In the remaining two cases, the individuals were located and their identities verified, but they were found not to be voters of Dhaka-9, Tasnim said.
"We have already started the appeal process," she told journalists at the divisional commissioner's office in Segunbagicha of the capital.
She said both individuals were unaware that they were not registered voters of Dhaka-9.
One of them resides in Khilgaon – an area that falls under both Dhaka-9 and Dhaka-11 – who believed they were a Dhaka-9 voter, Tasnim told the media.
She added that they later checked the website but could not find their voter number, noting that they had signed as a Dhaka-9 voter based on their national ID and understanding.
In the other case, Tasnim said, the individual's hard copy of the NID showed an address indicating Dhaka-9, but Election Commission records showed otherwise.
There was no way for them to know that they were not a Dhaka-9 voter, she added.
