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The White panel, consisting of pro-Awami League lawyers, secured an absolute win in the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) election for the session of 2023-24.
Candidates of Bangabandhu Awami Ainjibi Parishad won all 14 posts including the posts of the association's President and Secretary.
The convener of the sub-committee on election management, Md Moniruzzaman, announced the result at midnight in the South Hall of the association after the second day of polling on Thursday (16 March).
According to the announced results, Momtaz Uddin Fakir, the candidate of the white panel supported by the Awami League, was re-elected as the President after getting 3,725 votes. Another candidate of this panel Abdun Noor Dulal was re-elected as Secretary after getting 3,741 votes.
Apart from this, Mohammad Ali Azzam and Jesmin Sultana won the posts of Vice Presidents from the white panel. M Masud Alam Chowdhury of the same panel won the post of treasurer. ABM Noor-A-Alam and Mohammad Haroon-ur-Rashid won as Assistant Secretaries.
And seven members have won from the white panel, Mohiuddin Ahmed (Rudra), Moniruzzaman Rana, Shafique Raihan Shawon, Md Safayet Hossain (Sajeeb), Md Delwar Hossain, Mohammad Najmul Huda and Suvash Chandra Das.
Polling for the SCBA ended on Thursday (16 March) amid unprecedented happenings including scuffles, police assaults and stampedes.