HC order on Magura dist council polls

The High Court today directed the Election Commission to include the names of chairman and 10 members of Mohammadpur Union Parishad in the voter list meant for the Magura district council elections to be held on December 28 within two working days.
The court also issued a rule upon the EC and government to explain in four weeks as to why exclusion of their names in the existing voter list should not be declared illegal.
The HC bench of Justice Moyeenul Islam Chowdhury and Justice Abu Taher Md Saifur Rahman came up with the order and rule following a writ petition filed by the chairman and members of the Mohammadpur union.
They submitted the petition to the HC on December 21 saying that they are supposed to be included in the voter list under the Zilla Parishad Ain (District Council Act) 2000. But the EC did not include their names, they said in the petition.