Blue Panel demands fresh Bar Council polls

Staff Correspondent: The BNP-backed Blue Panel of Bar Council on Thursday alleged that the results of the recently held Bar Council polls were illegal.

The Pro-BNP panel in the polls also demanded to arrange the fresh polls.

The applicants of the Pro-BNP panel came up with the demand while addressing a press conference, held in the auditorium of the Ainjibi Samiti on the day.

Earlier the ruling Awami League-backed Sammilito Ainjibi Parishad was swept the Bar Council polls against the BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad.

Sammilito Ainjibi Parishad (white panel) won 10 out of 14 posts of Bangladesh Bar Council, the licencing and regulatory body for lawyers.

In general category, the white panel has got three posts out of seven and in group category, it has got six posts out of seven.

Barrister M Amir-ul Islam, Abdul Baset Majumdar, Rokon Uddin Mahmud, Abdul Matin Khasru and ZI Khan Panna have won from ruling Awami League-back panel.

The candidates who have won the group posts are Kazi Nazibullah Hero of Group-A, HR Jahid Anwar of Group-B, Ibrahim Hossain  Chowdhury of Group-C, Parvej Alam Khan of Group-E, Mohammad Yahiya of Group-F and Mohammad Rezaul Karim of Group-G.

From the BNP-supported panel, Advocate Khandaker Mahbub Hossain, AJ Mohammad Ali and AM Mahbub Uddin (Khokon) won the election.

The election of the Bangladesh Bar Council was held peacefully across the country on August 26.

A total of 43,302 voters cast their votes while at least 61 candidates– 32 for general posts and 29 for group posts – contested in the polls.

Of them, 14 elected members will take the office for the next three years.

risingbd/ DHAKA/ Sept 3, 2015/ Mehedi/ Mahfuz