The Election Commission (EC) will scrutinise the nomination paper of Nusrat Tabassum, joint convener of the National Citizen Party (NCP), on May 2 for the women’s reserved seat in the 13th National Parliament.

Md Moin Uddin Khan, returning officer and EC’s joint secretary, issued a circular in this regard yesterday.

According to the circular, during the scrutiny of nomination papers, the proposer and the endorser may be present with her.

On April 27, the High Court directed the EC to accept Nusrat’s nomination for the reserved seats.

The deadline for submitting nomination papers for the 50 women’s reserved seats was April 21, with submissions accepted until 4:00 pm. Nusrat, however, submitted her papers 19 minutes late.