BNP Candidate in Madaripur-1 Loses Nomination for Saying ‘Joy Bangla’ in Speech

Staff Correspondent

The BNP has suspended the nomination of Kamal Zaman Mollah, the BNP candidate for Madaripur-1 (Shibchar) constituency, after he raised the slogan ‘Joy Bangla’. The party announced this in a press release sent by BNP Senior Joint Secretary General Ruhul Kabir Rizvi on Tuesday (November 4) afternoon.

The release said that on Monday (November 3) at the chairperson’s office in Gulshan, Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the names of the party’s nominees. Kamal Zaman Mollah’s name was also there. However, the next day, BNP announced its decision to suspend his nomination.

Although the party did not specify the reason for the postponement of the nomination, local sources said that the slogan ‘Joy Bangla’ was the reason behind it.

After the nomination was announced, a video of Kamal Zaman Mollah went viral on social media. In it, he is seen saying, “Thank you all, everyone will be fine. Tarique Rahman Zindabad, Madam Khaleda Zia Zindabad, Joy Bangla.” He then bit his tongue.

After the video went viral, there was a storm of criticism among local BNP leaders and activists. Shortly after, news of his nomination being suspended was confirmed by party sources.