Muktadesh Desk: Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, advisor to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, will be the voter of Dhaka-10 parliamentary constituency. This information was given in a message sent by the ministry’s public relations officer on Sunday (November 9) morning.
It said that advisor Asif Mahmud will be present at the Dhanmondi Police Station election office at 3 pm. He will be a voter of Dhanmondi Police Station.
The Dhaka-10 constituency consists of Dhanmondi, New Market, Kalabagan and Hazaribagh police stations. BNP has not yet announced a candidate for this constituency. However, Jamaat-e-Islami has already nominated Supreme Court lawyer Jasim Uddin Sarkar for this constituency.
Earlier, advisor Asif Mahmud was a voter of Comilla-3 constituency consisting of Muradnagar upazila. There was also talk that he could vote from this constituency.
Recently, there were rumors that Asif Mahmud could resign from the government and contest elections from Dhaka-10 constituency if a seat deal is reached with BNP. The rumors became stronger as BNP did not announce a candidate for this constituency. Now, the rumors are getting stronger with Asif Mahmud becoming a voter for this constituency.
It is worth noting that Asif Mahmud was a front-line leader of the anti-discrimination student movement that led the July mass uprising. During the movement, he came into the spotlight by announcing the ‘complete shutdown’ program and the final date of the uprising on August 5. After the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government, he got a place in the advisory council of the interim government formed on August 8 last year.
Asif Mahmud, who graduated from the Department of Linguistics of Dhaka University, started politics from the Student Rights Council. Later, he played a role as one of the initiators of the formation of democratic student power. He is currently serving as an advisor to the Ministry of Local Government and Youth and Sports and is pursuing a master’s degree in Policy and Governance at North South University.