C T Online Desk: The Election Commission has collected information about Zubaida Rahman, wife of BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman, for her inclusion in the voter list.
Election Commission officials said her information was gathered during the recent door-to-door data collection in Dhaka.
“Zubaida Rahman’s information has been gathered under the ongoing voter list updating program,” Election Commission Senior Secretary Akhtar Ahmed told the media on Monday.
He said a name is included in the final voter list upon completion of the entire updating process following data collection and registration.
As per electoral laws, a person must be a registered voter to contest in any election.
In the case of a parliamentary election, a voter can contest elections from any constituency in the country.
The photograph-based voter registration process began in 2008, when Tarique and Zubaida were in London, having left Bangladesh for London on September 11, 2008.
They have been living there since then.
However, on May 6 this year, Zubaida returned to Bangladesh, accompanying BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia after the latter’s medical treatment in London.
She left for London again on June 5.
Election Commission officials collected Zubaida’s personal information in Dhaka before Eid-ul-Azha.
According to the law, the draft voter list must be published by January 2 next year, with the final list due by March 2.
However, if the next general election is held in February, the Election Commission is considering amending the law to finalize the list earlier.
Zubaida, a physician by profession, was born on May 18, 1972, in Dakshin Surma Upazila in Sylhet.
After passing her higher secondary examinations with distinction, she went on to study at Dhaka Medical College.
She married Tarique on February 3, 1994.
Zubaida passed the MBBS examination with distinction and began her career as a government doctor through the BCS in 1995, securing first place in the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS-Health) examination.
