A total of two mayoral candidates, one councilor for reserved woman seat and 35
general councilors withdrew their candidatures for the upcoming
city corporation election in Gazipur (GCC).
They stayed away from the city corporation election race on Monday, the last date for withdrawal of nomination papers. Presidium member of Jatyia Party (JP) and president of the party’s Gazipur district unit Brig Gen (retd) Kazi Mahmud Hasan and Maulana Fazlur Rahman of Islami Oikko Forum withdrew their nomination papers for the mayoral post.
Beauty Khanam withdrew her nomination paper from councilor post for reserved woman seat.
After the withdrawal, the total candidates for mayoral post stood at six, 126 for councilor post for reserved woman seat and 446 for general councilors posts.
-With The Independent input
