LDP candidate finds his name as dead in voter list

Shahidullah Shaheed, joint organizing secretary of LDP, went to the returning officer's office here to file his nomination paper for contesting the election from Phulpur (Mymensingh-2) constituency. But he found his name struck off and mentioned as dead.

He immediately protested and applied for correction. The nomination paper was submitted after correction of the voter list.

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Election officials explained that the name of Shaheed was struck off the voter list by mistake during the recent correction. The Awami League-led alliance had insisted on correction of the voter list that reportedly included 1.4 crore fake voters.