Hasina to contest for 2 seats, Abul Hossain out

Staff Correspondent, Dhaka, Nov 30: Prime Minister and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina will take part in the upcoming 10th National Parliamentary Elections from Rangpur-6 and Gopalganj-3 constituencies of Jatiya Sangsad.

 

The candidates also include former Chhatra League leaders, former footballer and cricketer.

The Awami League has announced the names of candidates for 297 seats. The Dhaka-17, Dhaka-8 and Kushtia-2 constituencies were kept vacant for JP Chairman HM Ershad, Workers` Party`s Rashed Khan Menon and JSD`s Hasanul Huq Inu.

Besides, majority of the members of 9th parliament received nominations this time. Former Communications Minister Abul Hossain who lost his ministry for alleged involvement in Padma Bridge scam did not get nomination this time.

 

Moreover, noted film actress Kabari was not given nomination. Instead, Shamim Osman was given nomination from Narayanganj-5 constituency.

 

Awami League General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam announced the final list of the names of candidates at Dhanmondi party office on Friday afternoon.

 

He said the parliamentary board approved the list.

 

Ashraful Islam, who is also the LGRD Minister, said Awami League has given nominations to the candidates on the basis of the opinion of grassroots level leaders.

 

He said the upcoming election is very important for Bangladesh. `There is no alternative to elections in democratic advancement. We hope all political parties will take part in the elections.`

 

Ashraful Islam said Awami League is a major political party of the country. some 2,600 people bought nomination forms. Each of them was eligible for receiving nomination. `Since the number of seats is only 300, it could not be possible to give nominations to many eligible candidates.`

 

He also said: "Today I am announcing the nominations of Awami League candidates. The candidates of grand alliance will be announced later on."

 

The final candidates include Sheikh Hasina (Rangpur-6 and Gopalganj-3), Tofail Ahmed (Bhola-1), Mahbub-ul-Alam Hanif (Kushtia-3), Amir Hossain Amu (Jhalakathi-2), Abul Maal Abdul Muhith (Sylhet-1), Nurul Islam Nahid (Sylhet-6), Mohammad Nasim (Sirajganj-1), Asaduzzaman Noor (Nilphamari-2), Shamim Osman (Narayanganj-5), AFM Ruhul Huq (Satkhira-5), Abdul Latif Siddiqui (Tangail-4), Shamsul Huq Tuku (Pabna-1), Arif Khan Joy (Netrokona-2), Abdul Mannan Khan (Dhaka-1), Quamrul Islam (Dhaka-2), Nasrul Hamid (Dhaka-3), Sanzida Khanam (Dhaka-4), Habibur Rahman Molla (Dhaka-5), Mizanur Rahman Khan (Dhaka-6), Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin (Dhaka-7), Saber Hossain Chowdhury (Dhaka-9), Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh (Dhaka-10), AKM Rahmatullah (Dhaka-11), Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal (Dhaka-12), Jahangir Kabir Nanak (Dhaka-13), Md Aslamul Huq (Dhaka-14), Kamal Ahmed Majumder (Dhaka-15), Md Ilyas Uddin Molla (Dhaka-16), Sahara Khatun (Dhaka-18), Dr Enamur Rahman (Dhaka-19), Benajir Ahmed (Dhaka-20), Motia Chowdhury (Sherpur-2), Syed Ashraful Islam (Kishoreganj-1), Obaidul Kader (Noakhali-5), Suranjit Sengupta (Sunamganj-2), Abdul Matin Khasru (Comilla-5), Nazmul Huq Papon (Kishoreganj-6), Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir (Chandpur-1), Dipu Moni (Chandpur-3), Abdul Mannan (Bogra-1), Mamtajuddin (Bogra-4), Abdur Razzak (Tangail-1), Naimur Rahman Durjoy (Manikganj-1), Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya (Chandpur 2), Mozaharul Huq (Panchagarh-1), Nurul Islam Sujan (Panchagarh-2), Ramesh Chandra Sen (Thakurgaon-1), Dabirul Islam (Thakurgaon-2), Imdadul Huq (Thakurgaon-3), Monoranjan Shil Gopal (Dinajpur-1), Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury (Dinajpur-2), Iqbalur Rahim (Dinajpur-3), Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali (Dinajpur-4), Mustafizur Rahman Fiza (Dinajpur-5), Shibley Sadique (Dinajpur-6), Shawkat Hossain Hiron (Barisal-5), Mosharraf Hossain (Chittagong-1), Hasan Mahmud (Chittagong-7), Nurul Islam BSc (Chittagong-9), Golam Mostofa (Nilphamari-3), Maruf Saqlain (Nilphamari-4), Motahar Hossain (Lalmonirhat-1), Abdur Rahman (Faridpur-1), Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury (Faridpur-2), Khondker Mosharraf Hossain (Faridpur-3), Kazi Zafarullah (Faridpur-4), Muhammad Faruk Khan (Gopalganj-1), Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim (Gopalganj-2), Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury (Madaripur-1), Shahjahan Khan (Madaripur-2), AFM Bahauddin Nasim (Madaripur-3), BM Mozammel Huque (Shariatpur-1), Shawkat Ali (Shariatpur-2) and Nahim Razzak (Shariatpur-3).

 

 

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