On the last day of withdrawing candidacy, eight candidates withdrew themselves from the upcoming BASIS election. Thus, a tri-partite competition is likely to be visible for the 11 positions of Executive Committee elections for the tenure of 2024-26 of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS).
On Saturday, April 20, in the afternoon, the Election Management Council published the final list of 33 candidates among the 44 candidates who are going to take part in the executive council polls. The 11-member Executive Council will be elected eight from BASIS’ general membership and one each from associate, affiliate and international membership. While the voting is based on ballot, 33 candidates are seeking votes under three full panels. They published their manifestos and promises. Campaign for convincing the voters has already been started.
The Election Board has organized a candidate introduction meeting at IDEB Auditorium in Kakrail of the capital on April 22 at five o’clock in the afternoon. However, the participating panels the ‘One Team’, ‘Team Smart’ and ‘Team Success’ have already disclosed their candidacy.
The 3-member Election Board is headed by TIM Nurul Kabir and the two other members are Syed Mamnoon Quader and Nazim Farhan Chowdhury. The Appellate Board is chaired by A Tauhid and members are: Abdullah H Kafi and Nazneen Kamal.
Voting for BASIS election will continue from 10 am to 5 pm on May 8 at the RAOWA Convention Center in the capital. The results of the election will be announced on the same day.
One team
The ‘One Team’ panel has been formed under the leadership of Russell T Ahmed, the current president of BASIS. The other candidates of this panel are- Uttam Kumar Pal, Didarul Alam, Rashidul Hasan, AKM Ahmedul Islam, Iqbal Ahmed Fakhrul Hasan, M Asif Rahman, KAM Rashedul Majeed and Syed Abdullah Zayed (Associate), Biplab Ghosh (Associate) Affiliate) and Syed Mohammad Kamal (International). As candidate analysis, the ‘One Team’ has a greater number of candidates who have led in the past. But this time there is no female candidate in this panel.
Team Smart
The ‘Team Smart’ panel is headed by Md. Mostafizur Rahman of Advanced ERP; the other general members of the panel are: Sohail Mohammad Risalat Siddiqui, Liaquat Hussain, Mir Shahrukh Islam, ASM Rafiq Ullah, Manjurul Alam, Syeda Naushad Jahan and Niaz Morshed Elite. The candidates for this team are – Arman Ahmed Khan (Associate), Lutfi Haider Chowdhury (Affiliate) and AHM Hasinul Quddus (International). In this panel the number of successful candidates in business is significant.
‘Team Success’
Under the leadership of Mustafa Rafiqul Islam of Flora Telecom, the candidates of the ‘Team Success’ panel are Taufiqul Karim, Mohammad Aminullah, Md. Shahibur Rahman Khan, Farzana Kabir, Md. Shafiul Alam, Imran Hussain, Syeda Nafisa Reza and NM Rafsan Jani (Associate), Abdul Aziz (Affiliate) and Abu Muhammad Rashed Majid (International). There is maximum two women candidates in this team.
The total number of voters in this election of BASIS is 1 thousand 464. Among them 932 are ordinary, 389 associates, 134 affiliates and 9 international members. The total membership of BASIS is two thousand 401. Among them, 41 initially submitted their candidature.