UNB, Dhaka :
It is neither of BNP nor of the main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party, but the independent candidates have emerged as the main competitors of pro-Awami League hopefuls in the ongoing staggered Union Parishad elections that started in March last.
The independent candidates, who mostly known as Awami League rebels, won the chairman posts which double than BNP’s in the first two phases of the UP election held on March 22 and 30 last, with independent contenders bagging 20 chairman posts, while BNP 110 and Jatiya Party eight posts.
Talking to UNB, election observers and political leaders said independent candidates are coming out successful in their good numbers in the UP polls for many regional and political reasons, including their popularity and political clout, political parties’ failure to nominate the right candidates and lack of proper election environment and seriousness among opposition
candidates, mainly that of BNP. Those talked to the news agency are former Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, local government experts M Hafizuddin Ahmed Khan, Dr Tofail Ahmed, Awami league joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman
It is neither of BNP nor of the main opposition in parliament Jatiya Party, but the independent candidates have emerged as the main competitors of pro-Awami League hopefuls in the ongoing staggered Union Parishad elections that started in March last.
The independent candidates, who mostly known as Awami League rebels, won the chairman posts which double than BNP’s in the first two phases of the UP election held on March 22 and 30 last, with independent contenders bagging 20 chairman posts, while BNP 110 and Jatiya Party eight posts.
Talking to UNB, election observers and political leaders said independent candidates are coming out successful in their good numbers in the UP polls for many regional and political reasons, including their popularity and political clout, political parties’ failure to nominate the right candidates and lack of proper election environment and seriousness among opposition
candidates, mainly that of BNP. Those talked to the news agency are former Chief Election Commissioner ATM Shamsul Huda, local government experts M Hafizuddin Ahmed Khan, Dr Tofail Ahmed, Awami league joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and BNP vice chairman Abdullah Al Noman
