Staff Reporter:
National Citizen Party (NCP) yesterday announced the names of its first batch of 125 preliminary nomi-nees for the upcoming national parliamentary elections.
The list was disclosed by Member Secretary Akhter Hossen at a press conference held at the party’s makeshift office in the city’s Banglamotor area.
“We have completed the distribution of nomination papers. If we receive any complaints against the an-nounced candidates, we will investigate and cancel their nominations if necessary,” Akhter said.
Before the announcement, NCP Chief Coordinator Nasiruddin Patwary said their party aims to ignite a ‘ballot revolution’ in this election and urged all to vote ‘Yes’ in the referendum to be held together with the national election.
Nasiruddin instructed party nominees to campaign both for votes in favour of the party’s symbol Shapla Koli and for the ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum.
Senior Joint Member Secretary Tasnim Jara said the party would present a ‘different flavour of candida-ture’ in this year’s polls, adding that the NCP had sold around 1,500 nomination forms. “We kept the form sale open for everyone.”
Top Leaders, Their Constituencies
The announcement includes all key members of the party’s central leadership. Convener Nahid Islam will contest from Dhaka-11, while Member Secretary Akhter Hossen will run from Rangpur-4.
Chief Organiser for the Northern Region Sarjis Alam secured the nomination for Panchagarh-1, and Chief Organiser for the Southern Region Hasnat Abdullah will contest from Cumilla-4. Tasnim Jara and Nasiruddin Patwary will run from Dhaka-9 and Dhaka-18 respectively.
Among other notable nominees, Joint Convenor Sarwar Tushar will contest from Narsingdi-2, Joint Convenor Tajnuva Jabeen from Dhaka-17, and Senior Joint Chief Coordinator Abdul Hannan Masud from Noakhali-6.
