[ALOCHONA] AL and BNP rebel candidates rally against nomination

AL, BNP busy making last-minute changes
Courtesy New Age 3/12/08

Rebel candidates rally against nomination
Staff Correspondent

 

Rebel Awami League and BNP candidates and their supporters in places on Tuesday rallied seeking nomination while the top leaders remained busy making last-minute adjustments to nominations for the December 29 general polls.
After nominating candidates initially and instructing them to submit nomination papers, the parties were busy till Tuesday finalising the candidature which need to be completed before the scrutiny of nomination papers, sources in both the Awami League and the BNP said.
The parties have started issuing confirmation letters specifying the name of party candidates where the partiers earlier fielded more candidates than one.
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party last night was busy finalising its candidates for constituencies where the party had initially fielded multiple candidates for the December 29 general elections.
The BNP has also planned to send alternative names [including names of some independent candidates], for constituencies where nomination papers of the party candidates are likely to be cancelled on legal grounds, to the returning officers concerned for consideration as alternative candidates [where necessary] of the party.
The Awami League and the Jatiya Party on Tuesday finalised candidates for 47 parliamentary constituencies out of 50 for which candidates of the AL’s major ally would contest the general elections, scheduled for December 29.
After nominating candidates initially and instructing them to submit nomination papers, the BNP’s top leaders, including
chairperson Khaleda Zia, were busy till 1:00am Wednesday to finalise the candidatures which must be completed before the scrutiny of nomination papers which starts today.
According to the Election Commission, BNP has more candidates than one in 39 electoral constituencies.
Unless BNP makes further changes today [Wednesday], the following 25 persons will be the party’s candidates for respective constituencies –
Chuadanga-1: Ohidul Islam Biswas, Jhenaidah-1: Abdul Wahab, Chapainawabganj-1: Md Shahjahan Mia, Lakshmipur- 2: Abul Khair Bhuiyan, Dhaka-2: Matiur Rahman, Dhaka-5: Selim Bhuiyan, Dhaka-6:
Sadeque Hossain Khoka, Dhaka-8: Habibun Nabi Khan Sohel, Dhaka-9:
Shirin Sultana, Dhaka-10:MA Quayum, Dhaka-19: Abdul Hamid Dablu (son of BNP secretary general Khandaker Delwar Hossain), Dhaka-20: Ziaur Rahman Khan, Gazipur-4: Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Faridpur-2: Shama Obaid, Madaripur-3: Habibur Rahman Azad, Comilla-10:Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan, Chandpur-4: MA Hannan, Cox’s Bazar-1:Hasina Ahmed( wife of former state minister Salauddin Ahmed), Khagrachari: Samiran Dewan, Jessore-6: Abul Hossain (instead of Abdus Samad Biswas), Khulna-4: Shah Kamal Taj, Satkhira-1: Habibul Islam Habib, Bhola-2: Ashiqur Rahman, Netrakona- 4: retired lieutenant colonel Ataul Haq, Naogaon-5: Nizamul Haq Khan, Sirajganj-5: retired major Manzur Quader and Patuakhali-3: Shahjahan Khan.
The top leaders of BNP were, however, not sure if the Election Commission would allocate the party’s election symbol [sheaf of paddy] to the candidates who had filed nominations as independent candidates, as the candidates of the party, according to sources close to the party chairperson.
The Jatiya Party is expected to announce the names of its 50 candidates today. The party’s secretary general Ruhul Amin Hawlader met with Awami League leaders at Sheikh Hasina’s Dhanmondi office.
About party chairman HM Ershad’s demand for the country’s presidency if the grand alliance is voted to power, Ruhul Amin said his party was adamant about it.
He said Jatiya Party had a gentleman’s agreement with the Awami League that Ershad would be made the president if the alliance was voted to power. ‘But this issue could be settled after the election.’
AL leaders Syed Ashraful Islam and HT Imam and JP leaders Anisul Islam Mahmud and Ziauddin Bablu were present at the meeting.
Awami League on the day also confirmed party nominations for the 26 constituencies where two candidates were primarily selected. Hasina distributed the final confirmation letters to the candidates at her Sudha Sadan residence.
The Election Commission has notified registered political parties and electoral alliances, through returning officers, that they had until December 4 to make a final decision on the names of candidates for 300 parliamentary seats.
Earlier on the day, in front of the office of the BNP chairperson at Gulshan, supporters of Abdul Gafur Bhuiyan, a aspirant for the Comilla 11 constituency, went on hunger strike demanding nomination for him.
Jainal Abedin, a participant in the strike, fell sick and he was admitted to United Hospital.
Supporters of Anwaruzzaman Anwar, a Dhaka city councillor, went out on demonstrations, demanding nomination for him for the Dhaka 11 constituency. The party nominated Mohammad Shahabuddin for the constituency.
In Dhaka, supporters of Awami League leader Mostofa Jalal Mohiuddin, who was nominated by the party for the Dhaka 7 constituency, went out on demonstrations in front of Sudha Sadan, the house of the Awami League chief, Sheikh Hasina, Tuesday evening demanding repeal of the party decision to give away the constituency to the Jatiya Party.
Supporters of Khorshed Alam Sujan, an aspirant for the Chittagong 10 constituency, brought out a procession at about 10:30pm in front of Sudha Sadan demanding nomination for him. The AL nominated MA Latif for the constituency.
In Narayanganj, supporters of Awami League aspirant SM Akram damaged the district party office, demanding nomination for him to run for the Narayanganj 5 constituency. They on Tuesday vandalised the office in the town at about 3:15pm.
The attackers, mostly activists of the Government Tolaram College and Narayanganj College units of the Chhatra League, had left the place before the police reached the place.
Jatiya Party leader Nasim Osman was nominated for the constituency as a candidate of the alliance led by the Awami League.
In Barisal, supporters of central BNP leader Zahiruddin Swapan rallied demanding nomination for him for the Barisal 1 constituency as the party had nominated Abdus Sobhan for the constituency.
About 500 BNP activists formed a human chain in the upazila complex demanding cancellation of the nomination of Selima Rahman, the party’s joint secretary general, for the Barisal 2 constituency. They demanded nomination for Joynul Abedin or Mosharraf Hossain Mongu for the constituency.
In Sirajganj, a group of Awami League activists set fire to the party office at noon as the party fielded Aminul Islam Jhantu, a Jatiya Party aspirant, for the Sirajganj 2 constituency. They demanded nomination for Jannat-ara-Henry, a central Awami League leader.
In Jessore, more than 100 leaders and activists of the Kaliganj unit Awami League threatened resignation en masse if the party would not nominate Abdul Mannan for the Jhenaidah 4 constituency.
In Bogra and Sirajganj, BNP leaders brought out a procession as Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate Nazir Ahmed carried out campaign for the Bogra 4 constituency although the BNP had nominated its own candidate for the constituency.
Supporters of M Akbar Ali, a former lawmaker for Sirajganj 4, staged protests against nomination of Jamaat-e-Islami Dhaka city amir Rafiqul Islam Khan for the Sirajganj 4 constituency.
In Faridpur, the supporters of BNP vice-chairman Chowdhury Kamal Ibne Yusuf formed a human chain and went on a token hunger strike in the town, demanding nomination for him for the Faridpur 3 constituency. The Jamaat secretary general, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojahid, was nominated as the alliance candidate for the constituency.
The Nagarkanda BNP president, KM Jahangir, also brother of the late BNP leader KM Obaidur Rahman, held a briefing protesting against the party nomination for the Faridpur 2 constituency. Obaid’s daughter Shyama Obaid has been nominated for the constituency.

 

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