BNP leader Dr Shahadat Hossain, who was recently declared the mayor-elect of Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) through a court order, will take oath on Sunday.
AF Hassan Ariff, Adviser to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives, will administer the oath at 11AM in the Local Government Division’s conference room at the Secretariat in Dhaka.
Senior government officials and key BNP leaders, with many party supporters from Chattogram are expected to attend the ceremony.
Following the ceremony, the new CCC mayor will visit the mausoleum of BNP founder and former President Ziaur Rahman to pay tribute. Shahadat is scheduled to return to Chattogram on November 5 to formally begin his duties, said Shahadat’s personal secretary Maruful Haque Chowdhury.
Earlier, Shahadat filed a case on February 24, 2021, challenging the legitimacy of the results of CCC election, which was held on January 27, 2021.
He alleged that the election was marred by significant irregularities, with Awami League candidate Rezaul Karim winning with 369,000 votes.
On October 1, the election tribunal, presided over by Judge Khairul Amin, declared Shahadat as the mayor, canceling Rezaul Karim’s victory and directed the election commission to issue an official notification within ten days, which was released on October 8 following the ruling.
