Aminul Haque, an independent candidate from Naogaon-2 constituency, on Friday died a day after being allocated election symbol for the 12th parliamentary election.
He breathed his last while receiving treatment at United Hospital in Dhaka in the morning, said Aminul's son Asiful Haque.
Aminul wanted to contest the parliamentary election from the Naogaon-2 constituency with the “boat†symbol.
After failing to secure the Awami League's nomination, he submitted papers to contest the election as an independent.
But the returning officer and the Election Commission cancelled his candidature, citing various discrepancies in his nomination papers.
Later, Aminul filed a writ petition with the High Court, seeking reinstatement of his candidature.
After hearing the writ, the High Court ruled on Wednesday that his candidature was valid. Later, the “eagle†symbol was allocated to him from the Naogaon Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer’s office on Thursday.
Asiful, the son of Aminul, said his father went to Dhaka on Monday to attend the hearing of the case.
Asif said his father became ill after going to Dhaka. On Tuesday night, he was admitted to the United Hospital in the capital where he died around 5am on Friday while undergoing treatment. He was suffering from diabetes, heart disease, and other complex diseases, said Asif.
The body of Aminul will be taken to his ancestral village at Nazipur in
Naogaon on Friday afternoon and after namaz-e-janaza, he will buried at
his family graveyard.
Replying to a question about the electoral activities of the constituency after the death of the candidate, Deputy Commissioner and Returning Officer Md Golam Mowla said, "I heard the news of the death of independent candidate Aminul Haque of Naogaon-2 constituency through journalists this morning."
They will announce the next steps once they determine legal directives in such situations, he said.
Meanwhile, apart from Aminul Haque of Naogaon-2 constituency, there are three more candidates.
They
are Awami League-nominated candidate and incumbent MP Shahiduzzaman
Sarker, Jatiya Party candidate Tofazzal Hossain, and independent
candidate Awami League leader Akhtarul Islam.
Aminul Haque was elected mayor of Nazipur municipality in Patnitala upazila of Naogaon in 2006. Until his death, he served as the forest and environment affairs secretary of Naogaon district Awami League.
He also served as the general secretary of the Patnitala Upazila Awami League several times from 1986 to 2006.
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