Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) And Jatiya Party (JaPa) have nominated their candidates for Rangpur-3 by-polls.
BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Sunday announced in a press briefing that Peoples Party of Bangladesh President Rita Rahman had been nominated as 20-party candidate for the Rangpur-3 by-polls.
On the other hand, JaPa Secretary General Mashiur Rahman Ranga on Sunday said at a press conference
that they had agreed to nominate Saad Ershad, son of late HM Ershad, as JaPa candidate.
Ranga said, “The conflict in the party has been resolved as GM Quader and Raushan Ershad agreed to be the chairman of the party and Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament respectively.”
“They also agreed to nominate Saad Ershad, son of HM Ershad, as Jatiya Party candidate.” He said.
The by-election to the Rangpur-3 seat that fell vacant after the death of Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad is due on Sept 5.
According to the schedule announced by the Election Commission, the nominations can be submitted on September 9. The last day of withdrawing nominations is September 16.
After the death of Ershad, the opposition leader in the 11th national election, the Parliament Secretariat declared his seat vacant. The constitution asks for holding an election within 90 days of the vacancy.
Apart from Rita, the others who collected nomination forms for the by-polls are Sufia Hossain, wife of the late Mozaffar Hossain, President of the Metropolitan Wing of BNP, Kawsar Rahman Babla, Vice-President of the Metropolitan Wing of BNP, Shahidul Islam Miju, General Secretary the Metropolitan Wing of BNP, and Raisuddin, General Secretary of BNP’s district committee.
The BNP’s nomination board interviewed five applicants on Saturday.
The ruling Awami League has nominated Rezaul Karim Razu, General Secretary of the Awami League’s Rangpur district.
