File photo of the Supreme Court Dhaka TribuneOverall, 12 BNP candidates have filed cases challenging the results of the December 30 pollsFive more BNP candidates have filed cases with the election tribunal of the High Court; challenging the results of 11th parliamentary election on Thursday. Barrister Ruhul Kuddus Kajal, representing the BNP candidates, has confirmed the matter of the case filings regarding the result of the December 30 polls. Previously, on Tuesday and Wednesday, seven other BNP national election candidates filed cases with the election tribunal of the High Court; on allegations of vote rigging and challenging the victory of the candidates elected. Previously, on February 9, BNP decided to file cases from all 64 districts with the election tribunal of the High Court. Although some of the BNP standing committee members were against filing the cases, BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman did not take their reservations into cognizance.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 14, 2019 08:03 UTC