Dhaka, May 9 (UNB) - Speaker Abdul Hamid Advocate Wednesday said that he will wait for two-three days before administering oath to Brig Gen (retd) Mahmudul Hasan as elected lawmaker from the Tangail-5 constituency.

“I am waiting to see the fate of the review petition of Abul Kashem. But I will not wait for more than two or three days,” he said while talking to a group of reporters at his office in Parliament.

The Election Commission on May 7 declared BNP candidate Mahmudul Hasan as the elected lawmaker from the Tangail-5 constituency.

It also cancelled the candidature of Jatiya Party lawmaker Abul Kashem, who contested the parliamentary polls from this constituency and was elected on December 29, 2008.

The EC took the decision in line with a Supreme Court verdict that declared Kashem disqualified from contesting the December 29 polls as he was a loan defaulter then.

Mahmudul Hasan, who conceded defeat to Kashem, went for legal battle, filing an election petition with the High Court claiming that Kashem was a loan and bill defaulter.

The court asked the EC to declare Mahmudul Hasan elected as he got the second highest votes in the December 29 polls.

Kashem filed an appeal with the Appellate Division, challenging the HC's verdict. But he lost as the Appellate Division on February 14 this year upheld the HC verdict.

EC officials termed the incident of electing the nearest contestant the first ever in Bangladesh parliamentary history.