Latif along with his followers started the hunger strike in front of the office of the returning officer and deputy commissioner in the district town in the morning.
On Sunday, Latif Siddiqui came under attack allegedly by the supporters of a local MP-backed union parishad chairman at Soratail in Kalihati upazila that left 20 people injured.
Meanwhile, supporters of Awami League candidate in the constituency Hasan Imam Khan Sohel Hazari staged demonstrations protesting Latif Siddiqui’s hunger strike.
They brought out a procession from Elenga bus stand which ended at the same point after parading main roads.
The AL men also burned Latif Siddiqui in effigy and declared him persona non grata in the upazila.
Sayedur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tangail Model Police Station, said they deployed additional police around the hunger strike venue.