Gazipur City Polls: Nomination forms bought for Zahangir, his mother

Two nomination forms to run for mayor in the upcoming Gazipur city polls have been collected in the names of suspended Gazipur mayor Zahangir Alam and his mother.

Zahangir confirmed the matter to The Daily Star last night.

The city polls will be held on May 25. The deadline for collecting and submitting nomination forms expires today.

Over the phone, Zahangir said, "My followers and well-wishers have collected nomination forms for me and my mother. I work for the people. That is why people have collected the nomination forms."

Jahangir was expelled from the Awami League in November 2021 after a video clip of him making derogatory remarks about Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and expressing doubts about the number of martyrs in the Liberation War went viral on social media.

He was also suspended from the post of GCC mayor by the local government ministry a few days later.

In January this year, the ruling party withdrew the expulsion order.

Before his expulsion, he was the general secretary of the party's Gazipur city unit.