<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Gazipur City Corporation’s (GCC) former mayor Jahangir Alam on Sunday submitted a writ petition to the High Court, challenging the legality of cancellation of his nomination paper for the mayoral post in the upcoming GCC election.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Barrister Nakib Saiful Islam, on behalf of the former mayor, submitted the petition to the HC bench concerned a week after Gazipur’s Returning Officer (RO) Faridul Islam cancelled his nomination paper in a primary scrutinization, as he is a “loan defaulter”.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On May 4, Jahangir appealed to Dhaka divisional commissioner against the cancellation; the appeal was rejected on the same day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After being rejected, Jahangir moved the HC, challenging the cancellation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On April 30, during primary scrutinization, Jahangir’s nomination was cancelled while his mother Zaida Khatun’s nomination was declared valid.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jahangir was the guarantor of an industrial organization. Jahangir was declared a loan defaulter along with the organization, the returning officer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though the former mayor and his counsel submitted documents demonstrating paying off the loan along with the nomination paper, the returning officer cancelled his nomination during the scrutinization. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>