Jatiya Party chairman HM Ershad on Monday termed impractical the date of
submission of nomination papers and demanded its rescheduling.
The Election Commission on Monday announced that the 10th parliamentary
elections would be held on January 5. The aspirants will get till
December 2 to submit their nominations which
would be scrutinised in December 5-6.
Ershad, in a statement issued immediately after the announcement of the
polls schedule, said that there should be two weeks’ time between the
date of the announcement of polls schedule and the last of date for
submission of nomination papers. But the EC has given only one week and
it is not possible for all political parties to complete interviews,
selection of candidates and submission of nomination papers by December
2.
The statement emailed to newspapers by Sunil Shuva Roy, a JP presidium
member and press secretary to the JP chief, called upon the EC to
reschedule the date for submission of nomination of papers.
The statement said that the interviews of nomination-seekers of JP would
end on November 30. The list would be finalised on December 1 and the
candidates would come to know about it on December 2.
It is impossible for the candidates to submit nomination papers by December 2, he said. (source)