Staff Reporter:
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said that the list of Awami League-led candidates for 300 seats for the 12th parliamentary elections will be announced by next Sunday.
“Awami League will announce the final list of nominated candidates by Sunday,” said Quader, also road transport and bridges minister, while talking to journalists on contemporary issues at Awami League President Sheikh Hasina’s political office in Dhanmondi.
He said that the nomination of aspirant candidates in four divisions has been finalized.
“I will be able to announce the final candidates for 300 seats by Saturday or Sunday. Many fresh faces have been nominated while some dropped out. We have not debarred winnable candidates,” Quader added.
Some of the current parliament members of Awami League have been dropped out from the election race, he said, adding that on the other hand, young people, who have acceptance of the people, are ahead in this race.
The matter “Acceptability to the Common People” has been given most importance in picking candidates, he continued.
Informing the journalists that Cricketer Shakib Al Hasan will carry out politics from now on, Quader said Shakib could get a nomination from any constituency in Bangladesh.
The people are now election-oriented, and it is the success of the incumbent government, he said.
About BNP, he said the party has now chosen the way to destroy the country’s economy after failing in politics.
But the election cannot be foiled by their destructive activities, he added.
Replying to another query, he said it cannot be ruled out that BNP will not participate in the polls. BNP still has a chance to come to the polls, he continued.
