A newly registered political party, Insaniyat Biplab Bangladesh, filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking dissolution of parliament and rescheduling of the poll under the direct supervision of the army.
The writ petition sought directives to appoint the army with magistracy power to maintain law and order during the election.
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Speaking to UNB after filing the writ petition, Insaniyat Biplab Chairman Imam Hayat said, “In the last election, we observed that the ruling MPs misused government power in their respective constituencies and used the administration, police and their own armed men to occupy the polling centres and obstruct others from casting their votes.”
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On May 8 this year, Insaniyat Biplab Bangladesh got EC’s registration as a political party following a High Court order. The party's election symbol is apple. However they did not submit nomination papers to take part in the election scheduled for January 7.
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