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Published : 26 Nov 2018, 12:58 AM
The ruling party started distributing letters confirming the initial nomination among the aspirants on Sunday.
bdnews24.com could confirm 238 candidates who have received the letter.
The surprise omission of some heavyweight leaders dominated the discussions among the Awami League supporters who gathered outside party chief Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi office during the handing of letters.
A number of influential leaders, including Joint General Secretary Jahangir Kabir Nanak, and organising secretaries AFM Bahauddin Nasim and BM Muzammel Haque are missing on the list.
Veteran politician Md Rahamat Ali from Gazipur has also been overlooked.
In Netrakona, former MP Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru has been nominated in place of Deputy Minister for Youth and Sport Arif Khan Joy.
Sadek Khan, general secretary of the Dhaka City North unit of the Awami League, has been picked to contest from Dhaka-13 constituency, which consists of Mohammadpur, Adabar and Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, which Nanak won in the last two elections.
Another joint general secretary, Abdur Rahman, has also been denied the ticket. The Awami League has chosen former secretary Monzur Hossain, who is chairman of the government-run Rupali Bank now, for Rahman’s Faridpur-1 seat.
Deputy Leader of Parliament Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury is not running with the Awami League’s ticket this time due to her old age. No name was announced in her stead until Sunday.
Finance Minister AMA Muhith had earlier announced his retirement for the same reason. His younger brother AK Abdul Momen will fight for the crucial Sylhet-1 constituency as expected.
Former general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, who is undergoing treatment abroad for lung cancer, has been kept on the list jointly with another candidate.
Chief Whip ASM Feroz, former home minister Muhiuddin Khan Alamgir, Dhirendra Debnath Shambhu, and Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister AKM Shajahan Kamal have also been nominated jointly with other candidates.
The party is yet to decide who it will nominate from among these candidates.
SOME MPS DROPPED
The ruling party is not giving ticket to some MPs for rerun.
It earlier said Abdur Rahman Bodi would not get nominated. It has picked his wife Shahina Akter Chowdhury instead.
The other Awami League MPs axed from the list include Md Golam Rabbani and Md Golam Mostofa Biswas from Chanpainawabganj, Abdul Maleque from Naogaon, Md Abul Kalam from Natore, Gazi MM Amjad Hossain from Sirajganj, Khandaker Azizul Huq from Pabna, Md Nobi Newaz from Jhenaidah, Md Rezaul Haque Chowdhury and Abdur Rouf from Kushtia, and Md Monirul Islam from Jashore.
Shawpan Bhattacharjee and Tahjib Alam Siddique, who were elected MP as independent candidates from Jashore and Jhenaidah respectively in 2014, have got the green light this time.
Awami League MPs ATM Abul Wahab from Magura, Mir Showkat Ali Badsha from Bagerhat, and Mohammad Mizanur Rahman and Sheikh Md Nurul Haque from Khulna have been dropped.
The ruling party has changed its choices for all Patuakhali constituencies. Former MP and state minister Shahjahan Mia has been picked over Grand Alliance candidate ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader while Khandaker Shamsul Haque Reza has got the nod jointly with Chief Whip Feroz.
Incumbent Patuakhali legislators AKM Zahangir Hossain and Md Mahbubur Rahman have failed to make it to the list of candidates this time.
AKMA Awal (Saydur Rahman) and Jebunnesa Afroz are out of the running for the party’s ticket from Pirojpur and Barishal respectively.
In Tangail, four MPs are biting dust. They include Khandaker Asaduzzaman, Khandaker Abdul Baten and Anupom Shahjahan Joy.
Md Faridul Haque Khan MP from Jamalpur has failed to impress the party this time. Rezaul Karim Hira MP from a different constituency in this district has been kept jointly with another candidate on the list.
Besides Arif Khan Joy, Chhabi Biswas and Iftiquar Uddin Talukder Pintu have lost the Awami League’s ticket in Netrakona.
MA Maleque MP from Dhaka’s Dhamrai has been crossed off the list. Haji Mohammad Salim, who won the 2014 election as an independent candidate, has been kept on the party list jointly with another candidate.
Besides Rahamat from Gazipur, Abdur Rahman from Faridpur and Nasim from Madaripur, Md Suhrab Uddin from Kishoreganj has lost the Awami League’s trust for a rerun.
The party has changed candidates for two of the three Shariatpur seats. Besides Muzammel, former army officer Shawkat Ali’s name has been omitted.
Syeda Saira Mohsin from Moulvibazar and Fayzur Rahman from Brahmanbarhia have also been dropped.
