A writ petition has been filed in the High Court challenging the legitimacy of Md Murad Hassan as a Member of Parliament for Jamalpur-4 constituency.
Supreme Court lawyer Yunus Ali Akand filed the writ petition on Wednesday.
The petition also sought a judicial inquiry into the activities of the lawmaker.
Murad Hasan was elected Member of Parliament in the 11th parliamentary election in 2018. He was also elected in the same constituency in the ninth general election in 2008.
When the Awami League formed the government in the 11th Parliamentary Election, Murad was given the responsibility of the Minister of State for Health.
Five months later, on May 19, 2019, he was removed from that post and made the Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting. He later resigned on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, on the news of Murad's resignation, leaders and activists of allied organizations including Awami League staged a joyous procession in Sarishabari. At that time, the agitated leaders and activists torched his effigy.
