BNP is going to participate in the by-election to Bogura-6 parliamentary seat, which fell vacant after party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir decided not to take oath of office.
At a meeting of the BNP-led 20-party alliance on Monday night, Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir said the party will also nominate a candidate for its reserved seat for women.
Talking to UNB on Tuesday, Fariduzzaman Farhad, chairman of National People’s Party (NPP), one of the components of the 20-party, said the BNP secretary general conveyed the alliance leaders about their party’s decision on the by-polls to avert any misunderstanding.
At the meeting, Farhad said Fakhrul also explained the reason why the party decided to join parliament.
The meeting was held at the BNP chairperson’s Gulshan office with Fakhrul in the chair.
It is, however, unclear whether the party has picked anyone for contesting the by-polls and the reserved seat.
The BNP-led Jatiya Oikyafront secured eight seats out of 300 in the 2018 national election. Of them, BNP got six, while its ally Gonoforum bagged two seats.
