Desk Report,
Zubaida is a voter, EC has collected information
The Election Commission (EC) has collected information about Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, for inclusion in the voter list.
Zubaida is a voter, EC has collected information
EC sources said that Zubaida’s information was collected as part of the door-to-door information collection process to update the voter list.
Sources say that the work of preparing the voter list with a photo began for the first time in 2008 during the post-11 caretaker government. At that time, Tarique and Zubaida were in London, UK. The couple left Bangladesh for London on September 11, 2008. After that, they did not come to the country, nor did they become voters. On May 6, BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia returned to the country after undergoing treatment in London. Zubaida also came to the country with her. EC officials completed the collection and registration of Zubaida’s personal information before last Eid-ul-Azha to register her as a voter in Dhaka. Zubaida returned to London on June 5. When asked, EC Secretariat Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told Prothom Alo that Zubaida’s information was collected during the voter list update process.
EC sources said that although the information collection and registration process is ongoing, the name is included in the final voter list after the entire update process is completed. According to the law, after the update process, the draft voter list must be published on January 2 next year and the final voter list on March 2. However, if the election is held in February, the EC is planning to amend the voter list law and finalize the list before then.
Zubaida, a doctor by profession, lives in South Surma, Sylhet. She is not active in politics. However, there are rumors about whether she will be a candidate in the next election or not.
After Zubaida returned to the country recently, there have been various discussions in BNP politics in Sylhet. After a joyous procession in Sylhet welcoming her, posters were put up all over the city. The anonymous posters asked her to be seen as a candidate for the ‘prestigious’ Sylhet-1 constituency.
To run for a seat in the National Assembly, a person must be a voter. A voter can run for office from any seat in the country if they wish.
