Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Parishad (JAOP), supported by the opposition BNP and Jamaat alliance, has won a landslide in the elections for the 2013-14 term to take control of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA).
The counting of ballots ended on the wee hours on Friday after the two-day annual elections ended on Thursday afternoon.
The opposition-backed panel won 13 of the 14 posts at stake, including those of President and General Secretary, spelling yet another electoral debacle for the ruling Awami League-backed Sammilita Ainjibi Samannaya Parishad (SASP). It managed only an executive member post.
The pro-government panel had lost the previous elections to the top forum of lawyers as well.
Former Attorney General AJ Muhammad Ali and Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon of JAOP were elected President and General Secretary respectively.
Ali bagged 1,669 votes while his challenger former SCBA President Abdul Baset Majumder polled 1,340 votes.
Khokan won 1,676 ballots while his rival Robiul Alam Budu got 1,369 votes.
Ali is also an advisor to the BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia and Khokan is one of the Joint Secretaries General of the party.
SASP’s Hosne Ara Begum Babli prevented a clean sweep for the JAOP, wooing 1,659 votes beating JAOP’s Mohammad Tajul Islam Majumder.
Election Sub-committee Convenor Nur Hossain Chowdhury had told bdnews24.com earlier that some 3,200 members out of 4,045 cast their votes.
The other conternders from SASP were Sheikh Awsafur Rahman Bulu and M Sarwar Ahmed (Vice Presidents), Robiul Alam Budu (Secretary), Suja Al Faruk and Mohammad Ali Azam (Assistant Secretaries), M Amir Hossain (Treasurer), and Habibur Rahman Habib, Gowranga Chandra Kor, M Anwar Hossain Reza, Ayesha Flora, Hosne Ara Begum (Babli), Abul Kalam Azad and Zahirul Islam Bhuiyan (Members).
The other runners from JAOP were ABM Waliur Rahman and M Shahajada (Vice Presidents), Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon (Secretary), ABM Rafiqul Huq Talukder Raja, M Shahiduzzaman and M Saifur Rahman (Assistant Secretaries), M Rabiul Karim (Treasurer), Fatema Khatun, M Alamgir Hossain, M Kamruzzaman Selim, M Wahiduzzaman Sohel, M Mizanur Rahman Masum, Anjuman Ara Begum and Tajul Islam Majumder (Members).
Source: bdnews