They are former Chattogram Metropolitan Jamaat Nayeb-e-Ameer Shahjahan Chowdhury, the central committee’s Nayeb-e-Ameer ANM Shamsul Islam and Banshkhali Upazila Chairman Zahirul Islam. They bought nomination forms for Chattogram 15 (Satkania) constituency. The EC also recently gazetted the court decision on the registration of Jamaat, which opposed Bangladesh’s independence during the Liberation War. The Jamaat has not yet cleared its stance on the issue, but its leaders have started collecting nomination forms as independent candidates. In Chattogram, a total of 16 leaders, including the three of the Jamaat, some of the ruling Awami League and its rival the BNP, have collected nomination forms, the district’s Election Officer Md Munir Hossain Khan told bdnews24.com.

Source: bd News24 November 11, 2018 21:00 UTC