BNP-backed ‘Blue Panel’ sweeps SCBA elections

The BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Panel, known as “Blue Panel”, has achieved a landslide victory in the elections to the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) for the 2026-27 term, securing 13 out of 14 executive committee posts, including the president and secretary posts.

The remaining executive member post was won by the Lawyers’ Unity Panel, which is known as “Green Panel”,  backed by Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

The two-day voting took place on Wednesday and Thursday (13 and 14 May) from 10am to 5pm, with a one-hour break each day.

The election’s results were announced at about 2am on Friday at the SCBA auditorium after vote counting through a digital tabulation system. The announcement was made by the election sub-committee convener Justice Md Miftah Uddin Chowdhury.

According to the announced results, Barrister AM Mahbub Uddin Khokon of the “Blue Panel” was elected president with 2,984 votes, defeating Abdul Baten of the Green Panel, who secured 788 votes.

Mahbub Uddin Khokon, who is also a BNP lawmaker and senior lawyer of the Bangladesh Supreme Court, was elected president of the SCBA for the second consecutive time.

Mohammad Ali of the “Blue Panel” was elected secretary with 2,582 votes, while his rival AKM Rezaul Karim Khondaker of the “Green Panel” received 786 votes.

From the “Blue Panel”, Md Magfur Rahman Sheikh and Md Shahjahan were elected vice-presidents, while Md Ziaur Rahman won the post of treasurer. Md Maksud Ullah and Mohammad Shamsul Islam Mukul were elected assistant secretaries.

Of the seven executive member posts, six were won by the “Blue Panel” candidates. They are HM Shanjid Siddique, AKM Azad Hossain, Wahid Afroz Chowdhury, Md Kabir Hossain, Md Zia Uddin Mia, and Md Tipu Sultan.

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For the first time in the association’s history, Awami League-backed lawyers, known as the “White Panel” could not contest the election as they were barred from participating in it.

Candidates from the BNP-backed Jatiyatabadi Ainjibi Panel, the Jamaat-backed Lawyers’ Unity Panel, and the National Lawyers’ Alliance, or Red-Green Panel, backed by the National Citizen Party (NCP), took part in the polls.

The Blue and Green panels fielded candidates for all 14 posts, while the Red-Green Panel fielded candidates for six posts. Several independent candidates also contested the election.