bdnews24.com :
The Awami League has nominated Kazi Monirul Islam Monu and Md Anwar Hossain Helal to contest the upcoming by-elections to the Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 parliamentary seats respectively.
The seats are currently unrepresented in parliament following the deaths of its previous incumbents Habibur Rahman Molla and Israfil Alam.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the nominations
The Awami League has nominated Kazi Monirul Islam Monu and Md Anwar Hossain Helal to contest the upcoming by-elections to the Dhaka-5 and Naogaon-6 parliamentary seats respectively.
The seats are currently unrepresented in parliament following the deaths of its previous incumbents Habibur Rahman Molla and Israfil Alam.
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the nominations
in a media briefing on Monday. The ruling party’s Parliamentary Board chaired by its chief Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina decided on the candidates on Aug 30, according to Quader.
“I urge everyone to be united and work for the nominated candidates,” he said.
Kazi Monirul Islam Monu is the president of Jatrabari Thana Awami League. He began his political career in the late 1960s by joining the Chhatra League as a student of Jagannath College.
Anwar Hossain Helal is the vice president of Raninagar Upazila Awami League and the Upazila Parishad chairman.
