Asaduzzaman resigns as attorney general to contest in parliamentary elections

Md Asaduzzaman has tendered his resignation as attorney general to the president, formally stepping down from the country’s top legal post.

Deputy Attorney General Md Jahirlul Islam Sumon told bdnews24.com that Asaduzzaman handed in his resignation letter at the Attorney General’s Office around 9pm on Saturday.

“He submitted the resignation letter citing personal reasons. It will be forwarded to the law ministry on Sunday morning,” Sumon said.

Sumon added that the Attorney General’s Office formally bid farewell to Asaduzzaman on Sunday night.

Earlier, Asaduzzaman had said he intended to contest in the parliamentary elections from the Jhenaidah-1 constituency and had sought party nomination. He had made clear that he would relinquish the attorney general’s post if nominated.

Following the fall of the Awami League government in last year’s student-led mass uprising, Supreme Court senior lawyer and the BNP’s Human Rights Affairs Secretary Asaduzzaman was given the role on Aug 8.