BNP reaction on President nomination later

The BNP has said it will give a formal reaction to Mohammad Abdul Hamid’s nomination as the President later, saying the matter needs discussion.

“Our reaction will be made public after talks at the party’s forum,” BNP Standing Committee member Khandker Mosharraf Hossain said on Sunday after a meeting of the 18-Party alliance in Dhaka.

After the death of President Md Zillur Rahman on Mar 20, the BNP had demanded nomination of someone who was ‘acceptable’ to everyone.

The BNP had alleged the Speaker was ‘biased’ in his treatment in Parliament, a charge Hamid had been denying outright.

Speaker Hamid has been discharging the President’s duties.

Earlier in the morning, the ruling party nominated him as the presidential candidate.

Since Awami League-led alliance has absolute majority in the House, Hamid is all set to take over as the 20th President of Bangladesh.