TANGAILBY-POLLS : Nominations of Kader Siddique, wife cancelled for loan default

The nominations of Krishak Krishak Sramik Janata League president Abdul Kader Siddique, his wife Nasrin Siddique and two others in the by-election for Tangail-4 parliamentary constituency were cancelled as the returning officer scrutinised the nominations on Tuesday.
Returning officer Md Alimuzzaman said that the nominations of Kader and Nasrin were cancelled on the ground of defaulting loans.
He, however, said that the nominations of Ershad-led Jatiya Party candidate Syed Mostaq Hossen and independent candidate Abdul Alim were cancelled for different reasons.
The Krishak Krishak Sramik Janata League activists staged protests against the cancellation of nominations of their leaders in front of Tangail district election office.
Tangail district KSJL general secretary Rafiqul Islam called a dawn-to-dusk general strike in Tangail for today protesting at the cancellations of nominations of the party leaders.
Kader, however, addressing a rally at the Central Shahid Minar in Tangail district town in the evening, called off the general strike.
The returning officer declared valid the nominations of six aspirants ­— Hasan Imam Khan from Awami League, Sadek Siddiki from Anwar Hossain Manju-led Jatiya Party, Iqbal Hossen Siddique and Hasmat Ali from KSJL, Imrul Kayes from National Peoples Party and Ataur Rahman Khan from Bangladesh Nationalist Front.
The deadline for the withdrawal of nominations will expire on October 21 and election symbols will be allocated on October 22.
The polling is scheduled for November 10.
The seat fell vacant after former minister Latif Siddique resigned as the lawmakers for the constituency on September 1.
Latif, elected lawmaker from Tangail-4 parliamentary constituency, was expelled from the ruling Awami League on October 24, 2014.
He was earlier dropped from the cabinet in the face of protests against his derogatory remarks against Islam and Hajj in New York on September 28, 2014.

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