The High Court has ordered the Election Commission to not accept the BNP’s amended party charter.
The order by the bench of Justice Md. Ashfaqul Islam and Justice Mohammad Ali came on Wednesday after hearing a petition by BNP activist Mozammel Hossain from Dhaka’s Mirpur.
It also issued rule questioning the legality of the amended Article 7 of the charter which scrapped the mandate against corrupt individuals from securing nomination for election.
The amended constitution has deleted the provision against bankrupt, insane, corrupt or notorious individuals from being BNP candidate for contesting the general election.
It has been replaced with the provision that the head official of BNP will hold the office of the chairperson; and any person less than 30 years cannot be the head official of the party.