Jamaat-e-Islami has announced plans to appeal the High Court decision permitting Sarwar Alamgir, elected from Fatikchhari in Chattogram, to take oath as a Member of Parliament. The announcement came after the court ruled on Thursday that the BNP candidate could be sworn in as an MP. Jamaat’s lawyer, Shishir Monir, confirmed the party’s intention to challenge the ruling.

According to Monir, the party argued that under the Representation of the People Order, a person who is a loan defaulter on the date of nomination submission cannot contest an election. He claimed that this condition applied to BNP’s Sarwar Alamgir, making his candidacy invalid. The High Court bench comprising Justice Fahmida Kader and Justice Md Asif Hasan had earlier delivered the verdict allowing Alamgir to take oath.

The appeal, once filed, will determine whether the High Court’s decision stands or is overturned, potentially affecting the final status of the Chattogram-2 parliamentary seat.