Petition seeks stay on DSCC polls

A writ petition was filed with the High Court seeking a stay on holding election to the posts of councillors of 18 wards which were included in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) in July last year.

The election is scheduled for February 26.

Yesterday, Joynal Abedin, chairman of Demra union, submitted the petition saying that all the posts of union parishads (UPs) have to be dissolved before including them as wards in the city corporation and then a gazette notification has to be issued to this effect under the Local Government (Union Parishad) Act, 2009. But, the posts of UP chairman have not been dissolved yet. Nor have the new voter lists for the new wards been published, the petition added.