Reza Mahmud :
BNP will take more time to finalise its target to select a single candidate for each constituency following the High Courts verdict on Tuesday barring polls aspirants who has been convicted for more then two years.
“There are a large number of cases pending against our party leaders and nomination aspirants. Besides, we are also worried about possible cancellation of our aspirants’ nomination papers on various grounds. We will finalise candidates till the last day of nomination withdrawal,” BNP Vice-Chairman Chowdhury Kamal Ibn Yusuf told The New Nation on Tuesday.
He said, the party has time till the allotment of polls symbol by December 9.
Other senior leaders of the party said preferring anonymity that they have not finalised candidates due to cases against leaders and also for the final consensus with their two alliances. They also are waiting for more leaders to join the party like Golam Maula Rony. The leaders said, names of the final candidates will be announced on December 9 the last day of withdrawal of nomination papers.
By that time, the BNP will select its final candidates and to give letters to the Election Commission to allot ‘Sheaf of Paddy’ symbol.
The party on Monday started to handover nomination letters to their nominees.
The party on Tuesday resumed the distribution of its nomination letters among its selected candidates on the second day at the party Chairperson’s Gulshan office around 12:45pm.
The party Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir told journalists after noon on the day that they had given letters to about 800 aspirants till the day.
Replying to a query Mirza Fakhrul said the BNP will give 60 seats to its alliance partners from Jatiya Oikyafront and 20-party alliance.
He said, the alliance partners are distributing their party nominations, while the discussions among alliance partners are still on going. “The matters will be finalised soon,” he said.
BNP handed over nomination letters popular singers Monir Khan (Jhenaidah-3), Rumana Islam Kanak Chapa (Sirajganj-1) and Baby Naznin (Nilphamari-4).
The party has distributed nomination letters in Dhaka Division: Aman Ullah Aman (Dhaka-2), Gayeshwar Chandra Roy (Dhaka-3), Salahuddin Ahmed (Dhaka-4) Nabiullah Nabi (Dhaka-5), Abul Bashar ((Dhaka-6), Mirza Abbas (Dhaka-8), Habib-un-Nabi Sohel (Dhaka-9) and Abdus Salam (Dhaka-13),
Shah Mohammad Abu Zafar (Faridpur-1), Shama Obayed/Shahidul Islam Babul (Faridpur-2), Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yousuf/ Chowdhury Nawab Yousuf (Faridpur-3), Shahria Islam Shaila for (Faridpur-4), Khairul Kabir Khokan (Narsingdi-1), Sanaullah Miah (Narsingdi-3), Emran Saleh Prince (Mymensingh-1), Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan and Sarker Shaheed (Tangail-1), Sultan Salauddin Tuku and Shamsul Alam Tofa (Tangail-2), Mainul Islam and Lutfur Rahman Khan Azad (Tangail-3), Lutfur Rahman Matin and Abdul Halim (Tangail-4), Maj Gen (retd) Mahmudul Hasan and Saidul Haque (Tangail-5), Gautam Chakraborty and Nurmohammad Khan (Tangail-6) and Abul Kalam Azad and Saidul Islam Khan (Tangail-7).
In Khulna division: Joyanta Kumar Kunda and Asaduzzaman (Jhenaidah-1), Abdul Mazid and M Moshiur Rahman (Jhenaidah-2), singer Monir Khan and Mehdi Hasan Rony (Jhenaidah-3), Saiful Islam Firoz and Shahiduzzaman Beltu (Jhenaidah-4), Masud Arun (Meherpur-1) and Jabed Masud Milton and Amjad Hossain (Meherpur-2).
Missing BNP leader M Ilias Ali’s wife Tahsina Rushdir Luna (Sylhet-2) also collected nomination letter.
In Chattogram division: Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokon and Mamunur Rashid (Noakhali-1), Zainul Abedin Farroque and Kazi Mofizur Rahman (Noakhali-2), Barkatullah Bulu and Mazharul Islam Dolan (Noakhali-3), Mohammad Shahjahan (Noakhali-4), Moudud Ahmed (Noakhali-5) and Fazlul Azim (Noakhali-6), Abul Khaier Bhiyan (Laxmipur-2), Shahiduddin Chowdhury Anee (Laxmipur-3), and Ashrafuddin Nizan (Laxmipur-4), Abdul Awal Mintoo (Feni-3) and VP Zainal (Feni-3), and Dipen Dewan and Moni Swapan (Rangamati).
In Rangpur division: Naushad Zamir and Towhidul Islam (Panchagarh-1), Barrister Tasmia Prodhan and Farhad Hossain Azad (Panchagrah-2), Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir (Thakurgaon-1), M Abdus Salam and Julfikar Mortuza Chowdhury, (Thakurgaon-2), Jahedul Islam Jahid and Ziaul Islam Zia (Thakurgaon-3), Manjurul Islam and Mamunur Rashid Chowdhury (Dinajpur-1), Sadik Reaz and Bazlur Rashid (Dinajpur-2), Syed Jahangir Alam and Dr Mazharul Islam Dolan (Dinajpur-3), Hafizur Rahman Sarker and Akhtaruzzaman Miah ((Dinajpur-4), Rjwanul Haque and Jakaria Bachchu (Dinajpur-5), Lutfur Rahman and Sohidul Islam Shahin (Dinajpur-6.), Khandaker Ziaul Islam and Mozharul Islam (Gaibandha-1), Mhmudunabi Tutul and Ahad Ahmed (Gaibandha-2), Dr Moinul Hasan Sadik (Gaibandha-3), Obaidul Haque and Faruk Alam (Gaibandha-4), Hasan Ali and Faruk Kabir (Gaibandha-5), Mosharraf Hossain Sujan (Rangpur-1), Wahiduzzaman Mamun and Mozaffar Ali (Rangpur -2), Rita Rahman (PPB) and Mozaffar Ahmad (Rangpur-3), Emdadul Haque Bharsa (Rangpur-4), Solaiman Alam and Dr Momtaz (Rangpur-5), Saiful Islam (Rangpur-6).
Rafiqul Islam, Nancy Rahman Kabir (Nilphamari-1), Shamsuzzaman Jamal and Kazi Akhtaruzzam Kabir (Nilphamari-2), Fahmida Foysal (Nilphamari-3), Salahuddin Helal (Lalmonirhat 2) abd Asadul Habib Dulu (Lalmonirhat 3), Abul Hasnat Kaikobad (Kurigram -1), Abu Bakar Siddique (Kurigram-2), Tajvirul Islam and Abdul Khaleque (Kurigram-3), Azizur Rahman and Mokhlesur Rahman (Kurigram-4) are among the aspirants.
In Rajshahi division: Faisal Amin and Fazlur Rahman (Joypurhat-1), Golam Mostafa and Abu Yusuf Khalilur Rahman ((Joypurhat-2), Kazi Rafiqul Islam and Mohammad Shokrana (Bagura-1), Abdul Muhith Talukder and Masuda Momen (Bagura-3), Golam Mohammad Siraj and Jane-e-Alam (Bagura-5), Kamrun Nahar Shirin and Taiful Islam Tipu (Natore-1), Sabina Yasmin and Ruhul Kuddus Talukder Dulu (Natore-2), Daud Mahmud and Anwar Hossain Anu (Natore-3), and Abdul Aziz (Natore-4), Md Shahjahan Miah and Belal Baki (Chapainawabganj-1), Anwarul Islam (Chapainawabganj-2), Abdul Wahed and Harunur Rashid (Chapainawabganj-3), Mizanur Rahman Minu and Sayed Hasan (Rajshahi-2) and Asadul Habib Dulu (Lalmonirhat-3).
Kanak Chapa and Nazmul Hasan Rana (Sirajganj-1), Romana Mahmud and Iqbal Hasan Mahmud Tuku from (Sirajganj-2) Ainul Haque and Abdul Mannan Talukder (Sirajganj-3), Amirul Islam Alim and Rakibul Karim Khan Pappu (Sirajganj-5), Kamruddin Yahia Khan Majlish and Dr AM a Muhith (Sirajganj-6), AKM Selim Reza Habib and Hasan Jafir Tuhin (Pabna-2), AKM Anwarul Islam and Fakhrul Azam (Pabna-3), Habibur Rahman Habib and Sirajul Islam Khan (Pabna-4) and Shamsur Rahman Shimul Biswas (Pabna-5).
