After BNP, Workers Party demands municipal elections pushed back

The ruling coalition partner said in a statement on Friday that it would need ‘more time’ to select mayor candidates.

The last date for the submission of nomination papers is Dec 3.

The BNP in the afternoon said it would contest the election only if the voting was deferred by 15 days.

The Workers Party’s statement, signed by its President Rashed Khan Menon and General Secretary Fazle Hossain Badsha, also demanded that the MPs be allowed to campaign.

Bangladesh is going to hold elections to a local government body for the first time on party lines.

The Workers Party said it supported the move to give the parties the scope to nominate candidates.

“But the parties need sufficient time to pick up candidates,” it argued.