Tangail-4 by-polls Nov 10 instead of Oct 28: EC

The by-election to Tangail-4 constituency will be held on November 10 instead of October 28.

The Election Commission today issued a notification rescheduling the by-polls to the constituency that fell vacant following the resignation of former minister Abdul Latif Siddique from parliament.

As per the reschedule, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers is October 11, while the date for the scrutiny of the nomination papers is October 13 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature is October 21, Director (Public Relations) of the Election Commission Secretariat SM Azaduzzaman told UNB. 

Earlier on Tuesday, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad announced the polls schedule fixing the balloting for October 28.

According to the previous schedule, the deadline for the submission of nomination papers was September 30 while the date for the scrutiny of the nomination papers was October 3 and the last date for the withdrawal of candidature was October 11. 

The parliamentary seat-133 (Tangail-4) remains vacant since September 1 as sacked minister Abdul Latif Siddique quit his parliament membership on the same date.

The former Posts and Telecommunications Minister was dropped from the cabinet and stripped off his membership of the ruling Awami League in October last year amid a wave of criticisms following his derogatory remarks on hajj and Tabligh Jamaat in the USA last year.