Awami League-backed pro-Liberation alliance Sammilita Ainjibi Samannay Parisad (SASP) has won the maximum eight posts in Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) elections including the vital posts of President and Treasure.
Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Oikya Forum (JAOP) backed by the BNP-Jamaat alliance has got six posts including the important post of General Secretary, according to the election results, announced by Advocate Harunur Rashid, chief of the election committee, on Friday.
Awami League Presidium Member Advocate Yusuf Hossain Humayun of SASP was elected President and BNP Joint Secretary General Barrister Mahbub Uddin Khokon of JAOP was elected general secretary.
Yusuf Hossain Humayun got 2,047 votes defeating his contestant, Zainul Abedin, an advisor to BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia, who got 1,779 votes.
AM Mahbub Uddin Khokan bagged 2,057 votes, while his rival Md Azahar Ullah Bhuiyan of SASP got 1,749 votes.
Advocate Taherul Islam of SASP and Advocate Fahima Nasrin Munni of JAOP were elected vice-presidents.
The other office-bearers from SASP are: two assistant secretaries- Advocate AKM Rabiul Islam Sumon and Advocate Sheikh Sirajul Islam, treasure- Advocate Ramzan Ali Shikdar and members-Advocate Khan Mohammad Shamim Aziz, Advocate Nasrin Siddiqua Lina and Advocate Abdul Aziz Mia Mintu. Advocate Nasir Ussin Samrat, Barrister Nasir Uddin Ahmed Asim, Advoate Rezaul Karim Reza and Advocate Kamal Hossain of JAOP were elected members.