Bangladesh is going to polls on Dec 30, 2018 to elect the members of parliament.
AL confirms Syed Ashraf, MK Alamgir, 15 others, drops Maya
The Awami League has finalised its candidates for 17 seats where it had initially nominated more than one aspirant.
Published : 7 Dec 2018, 02:13 PM
Updated : 7 Dec 2018, 02:44 PM
Among the heavyweights, the party has kept faith in Public Administration Minister Syed Ashraful Islam, Chief Whip ASM Feroz, and former home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir.
But Disaster Management and Relief Minister Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and former land minister Rezaul Karim Hira have failed to get ticket.
Before finalising the share of seats with all of its allies, the ruling party has nominated actor-activist Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque for a Dhaka seat, for which Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is a candidate.
The Jatiya Party is contesting in the election under the umbrella of the Awami League-led Grand Alliance, but with its own plough logo.
The Awami League also confirmed 16 candidates from its allies in the ruling 14-Party coalition and AQM Badruddoza Chowdhury-led Bikalpadhara Bangladesh of the Jukto Front alliance.
The ruling party has “almost finalised” 240 of its candidates for the Dec 30 election, General Secretary Obaidul Quader said.
The 14-Party and Bikalpadhara candidates are using the Awami League’s boat symbol in the election.
Sharif Nurul Ambia, who heads a faction of the Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal or JaSaD, had initially been nominated as a candidate with the Awami League’s boat logo, but finally he did not receive the letter confirming the nomination.
Party chief Sheikh Hasina left the Rangpur-6 seat for Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury. The prime minister on Friday night handed the letter confirming the nomination to Shirin.
The list of boat candidates for 17 seats:
Constituency | Candidate | Dropped |
Rangpur-6 | Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury | Sheikh Hasina |
Kishoreganj-1 | Syed Ashraful Islam | Moshiur Rahman Bhuiyan |
Dhaka-17 | Akbar Hossain Pathan Farooque | Abdul Quader Khan |
Dhaka-7 | Haji Sailm | Abul Hasnat |
Dhaka-5 | Habibur Rahman Mollah | Kazi Monirul Islam |
Jamalpur-1 | Abul Kalam Azad | Noor Mohammad |
Jamalpur-5 | Md Mozaffar Hossain | Rezaul Karim Hira |
Chandpur-1 | Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir | Golam Rahman |
Chandpur-2 | Md Nurul Amin | Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya |
Laxmipur-3 | AKM Shajahan Kamal | Golam Faruk Pinku |
Patuakhali-3 | ASM Feroz | Khandaker Shamsul Haque Reza |
Chandpur-4 | Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman | Md Shamsul Haque Bhuiyan |
Tangail-2 | Tanvir Hasan Soto Monir | Khandaker Moshiuzzaman Romel |
Narail-1 | Md Kabirul Haque | Sharif Nurul Ambia (JaSaD) |
Naogaon-5 | Nizam Uddin Jalil John | Md Abdul Maleque |
Natore-1 | Shahidul Islam Bakul | Ramzan Ali Sarker |
Barguna-1 | Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu | Jahangir Kabir |
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