Mahiya Mahi collects AL nomination form

Actress Mahiya Mahi has collected an application form seeking Awami League’s nomination in the upcoming by-polls to Chapainawabganj-2 constituency, which became vacant after BNP lawmaker Aminul Islam’s resignation.

She collected the form at around 3:30pm from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi political office on Thursday.

On October 27, Mahi revealed through a Facebook post that she has been assigned two posts in the Bangabandhu Sangskritik Jote (Bangabandhu Cultural Alliance). She became the joint general secretary of the organisation’s central committee, and the convener of the Rajshahi division of the organisation for the next two years.

Mahi’s husband Rakib Sarkar is a Gazipur-based businessman and also an Awami League politician.

On December 11, five of the seven BNP lawmakers resigned as part of the party’s anti-government movement.

The lawmakers who resigned in person were Md Zahidur Rahman, Thakurgaon-3; Md Mosharof Hosen, Bogura-4; Gulam Mohammad Siraj, Bogura-6; Md Aminul Islam, Chapainawabganj-2; and Rumeen Farhana, reserved seats for women.

On the same day, Awami League General Secretary and Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said at a press conference that the party has approved Mahi’s move to collect a nomination form.