Application to EC seeks cancellation of MP Amir Hamza's candidacy over affidavit discrepancies

An application has been filed with the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) seeking to have the candidacy of Mufti Amir Hamza — the Jamaat-elected MP for Kushtia-3 (Sadar) and a well-known Islamic speaker — declared invalid and his election annulled. A former Chhatra Dal leader of Kushtia Islamic University filed the application alleging significant discrepancies, concealment and prima facie false or incorrect information in Hamza's election affidavit and financial statements.

The application, submitted on Tuesday (3 November) at the Election Bhaban in Agargaon, raises multiple questions over bank account balances, income from waz mahfils and Ad-Din Hospital, cash in hand, agricultural and residential property, his wife's assets, vehicles, house rent, family expenses and election expenditure accounts.

The applicant, Md Sirajul Islam, is the son of the late Ali Hossain of Paschim Abdulpur in Kushtia Sadar upazila. He is a former student of Islamic History and Culture at Kushtia Islamic University (2005–2006 session, honours and master's) and a former joint general secretary of the IU Chhatra Dal for the 2009–10 term.

The applicant claims the information in elected candidate Md Amir Hamza's affidavit and income tax return does not match various financial and property documents. In particular, although the tax return showed no money in the bank account as of 30 June 2025, he alleges that an account at the Kushtia branch of Islami Bank Bangladesh PLC in fact held about Tk 68,26,997 at that time.

The application also raises the failure to mention that bank's name and account number in the election affidavit as an allegation of concealment.

Questions were also raised over sources of income. The application cites Hamza's own admission that he receives Tk 1 lakh from the Ad-Din Hospital authorities for leading Friday prayers, and alleges he receives Tk 3–5 lakh for each waz mahfil. The applicant claims these earnings can be verified through bank transactions.

However, the application says none of this income is mentioned in either the election affidavit or the tax return. The tax return shows annual income of only Tk 8.61 lakh, stated to have come entirely from the cloth and book business of Hamza Enterprise.

The application also notes a large discrepancy in cash. The affidavit shows cash in hand of Tk 2,45,170, while the tax return shows Tk 38,45,170 — a difference of Tk 36 lakh between the two documents.

The applicant further questions the information about the MP's wife's assets, claiming her tax return information was not disclosed in the affidavit. There are also major differences over his wife Tamanna Sultana's agricultural land: the affidavit shows 12 katha or 19.8 decimals of land worth Tk 2 lakh, while her tax return reportedly lists 120 decimals worth Tk 17 lakh — a difference of about 100 decimals in area and Tk 15 lakh in value.

The application also cites the purchase of 17.11 decimals of land through deed No. 6498/2025, registered at the Jibannagar sub-registry office in Chuadanga on 21 December 2025. The land was valued at Tk 6 lakh, of which his wife's share was Tk 4,46,400. The applicant alleges this land purchase was also not disclosed in the election affidavit.