The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has cleared the way for Nagorik Oikya President Mahmudur Rahman Manna to contest the upcoming national polls by staying a High Court order that had rejected his plea seeking removal of his name from the loan defaulters’ list.

Now, he has no legal bar to contest the upcoming polls as per the court decision.The order was issued by the Appellate Division Judge-in-Chamber Justice Md Rezaul Haque on Monday.Senior Adv Ahsanul Karim moved the plea for Manna before the apex court.
The High Court on December 24 had summarily rejected a petition filed by Mahmudur Rahman Manna seeking an order directing Bangladesh Bank to remove his name from the Credit Information Bureau (CIB) report as a loan defaulter. He later filed an appeal with the Appellate Division against the High Court order.