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Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Delawar Hossain, backed by the 11-party alliance, submitted his nomination papers on Saturday for the Thakurgaon-1 by-election.
Delawar submitted the papers to Returning Officer and District Election Officer Kamrul Islam at the district election office around noon. Local Jamaat leaders and activists accompanied him.
Before filing his nomination, the Thakurgaon district unit of Jamaat organised a prayer and discussion meeting, where Delawar attended as the chief guest.
Delawar is a former central president of Islami Chhatra Shibir and a member of Jamaat-e-Islami’s central executive council. He also serves as assistant secretary of the party’s Dhaka South City unit.
Jamaat has nominated him as its parliamentary candidate for Thakurgaon-1.
The seat fell vacant after Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir became president.
Under the election schedule, the deadline for nomination submissions is September 27. Nomination papers will be scrutinised on September 29, while the deadline for withdrawal is October 7.
Electoral symbols will be allocated on October 8, and voting will take place on October 29.
