RAJSHAHI, June 19, 2018 (BSS)- Collection of nomination papers for
contesting in the forthcoming election of Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC) is
going on.
Till Monday afternoon, 90 candidates collected nomination papers from the
office of district election commission. Of them, 64 for general councilor
posts and 26 for reserved seats for women.
However, none was seen collecting nomination papers for the mayoral post
during the time.
District Election Officer Atiar Rahman said the election schedule has
been announced formally on Wednesday and they started distributing nomination
papers from the following day.
He said the candidates can submit their nomination papers to both the
returning officer and assistant returning officer till June 28. Returning
Officer will scrutinize the nomination papers on July 1 and 2. July 9 has
been set as the final date of withdrawal of candidature.
Atiar Rahman said all sorts of preparations were adopted for holding the
election scheduled to be held on July 30.
He said the city corporation has 3,18,138 voters including 1,62,053
females to exercise their right of franchise in 137 centres to elect one
mayor, 30 ward councilors and 10 reserved seats for women in the upcoming RCC
election.