BNP shares 19 seats among Oikyafront partners

Senior Correspondent: BNP today left out 19 seats among its Jatiya Oikyafront alliance partners--Gonoforum, Nagorik Oikya, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) and Krishak Sramik Janata League to contest in the upcoming 11^th parliamentary election.

Gonoforum was given seven seats while Nagorik Oikya and Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) got five seats each and Krishak Sramik Janata League got two seats.

The announcement came at BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's Gulshan political office in the capital on Saturday afternoon.

Gonoforum was given Dhaka-6 and 7, Moulvibazar-2, Habiganj-1, Mymensingh-8, Pabna-1 and Kurigram-2.

The nominated Gonoforum candidates are: Subrata Chowdhury (Dhaka-6), Mostofa Mohsin Montu (Dhaka-7), Sultan Mansur (Moulvibazar-2), Reza Kibria (Habiganj-1), Khalequzzaman (Mymensingh-8), and AMSA Amin (Kurigram-2).

Jatiya Oikyafront’s component Nagorik Oikya was given Bogura-2, Narayanganj-5, Rangpur-1, Rangpur-5, and Barishal-4.

The nominated Nagorik Oikya candidates are: Mahmudur Rahman Manna (Bogura-2), SM Akram (Narayanganj-5), Shah Md Rahmatullah (Rangpur-1), Mofakharul Islam Nabab (Rangpur-5) and JM Nurur Rahman (Barishal-4).

Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal (JSD) has got Laxmipur-4, Cumilla-4, Kishoreganj-3, Dhaka-18, and Shariatpur-1.

They are: ASM Abdur Rab (Laxmipur-4), Abdul Malek Ratan (Cumilla-4), Dr Saiful Islam (Kishoreganj-3), Shahiduddin Mahmud Swapan (Dhaka-18) and Nurul Islam Mal (Shariatpur-1).

Jatiya Oikyafront’s another component Krishak Sramik Janata League was given Tangail-4 and Tangail-8.

The nominated Krishak Sramik Janata League candidates are: Azad Siddiqui or Engineer Liakat Ali (Tangail-4) and Kuri Siddiqui (Tangail-8).


risingbd/Dhaka/Dec 8, 2018/Reza/AI