NPP legislator S G Estamur Mominin, former MDC Fozibur Rahman and an election agent of the Congress have been issued with show cause notices by election authorities for violation of the model code of conduct during campaigning for the Assembly by-election in Rajabala constituency.
Similarly, an FIR has been lodged today by a flying squad team (FST) magistrate against the campaign organisers of the NPP for violation of the Covid protocol by allowing mammoth gathering beyond the permissible limit at Belbari yesterday.
Mominin who is an MLA from Phulbari and Rahman were issued show cause notices for carrying out election campaigns beyond the permissible time limit and without prior permission at Belbari and Nalbari. The complaint against them was filed by Congress candidate Hasina Yasmin Mondal yesterday.
In his reply submitted to the returning officer today, Mominin admitted that he had attended the campaign meetings at the two venues. He claimed that the meeting concluded at 7 pm.
On the video that showed him violating the code of conduct, Mominin said that it was related to another visit to interact with people of a village on matters related to Covid situation and that no loudspeakers were used during the interaction. He also assured to fully comply with the code of conduct in future.
In another incident, the returning officer yesterday issued a show cause notice to the election agent of the Congress party in Rajabala regarding mammoth gathering at an election meeting held yesterday beyond the permissible audience strength fixed by the Election Commission.
In his reply, the election agent admitted to the violation of the code of conduct and said that he had taken some measures to limit the number of audience within 1000.
He also stated that the crowd during the event exceeded the permissible limit due to their zeal to hear the star campaigners of the party who addressed the gathering.
