BNP declares main accused in journalist murder case as candidate for Dhaka-10 constituency

Staff Correspondent

BNP has announced the names of candidates for 36 more constituencies ahead of the upcoming 13th National Parliament elections. Among them, BNP National Executive Committee member Sheikh Rabiul Alam has been initially nominated for Dhaka-10 constituency.

Tanjil Jahan Islam Tamim, a broadcasting officer of private channel Deepto TV, was murdered over a dispute over ownership of a flat in Rampura with Sheikh Rabiul, the owner of a housing company. The leader, who was initially nominated by BNP, is also the number one accused in the case.

On Thursday, December 4, at a press conference at the BNP Chairperson’s office in Gulshan, the party’s Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the names of the candidates.

Earlier, the possibility of Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, advisor to the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, and Youth and Sports, running for this seat from BNP had been raised.

Although he did not name any party, Asif Mahmud expressed interest and applied to become a voter in this area.

Among the newly declared candidates are Abdus Salam in Thakurgaon-2 constituency, AKM Kamruzzaman in Dinajpur-5 constituency, Zahidul Islam Dhalu in Naogaon-5 constituency, Md. Anwarul Islam in Natore-3 constituency, Selim Reza in Sirajganj-1 constituency, M Iqbal Hossain in Jessore-5 constituency, Md. Monirul Islam in Narail-2 constituency, Amir Ejaz Khan in Khulna-1 constituency, Md. Shahidul Alam Talukder in Patuakhali-2 constituency, Zainul Abedin in Barisal-3 constituency, Rafiqul Islam Jamal in Jhalakati-1 constituency.

Sultan Salahuddin Tuku in Tangail-5 constituency, Md. Abu Wahab Akhand Walid in Mymensingh-4 constituency, Mohammad Mazharul Islam in Kishoreganj-1 constituency, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Iqbal in Kishoreganj-5 constituency, SA Jinnah Kabir in Manikganj-1 constituency, Md. Kamruzzaman in Munshiganj-3 constituency, Hamidur Rahman in Dhaka-7 constituency, Habibur Rashid in Dhaka-9 constituency, SM Jahangir Hossain in Dhaka-18 constituency, Md. Mujibur Rahman in Gazipur-1 constituency, Md. Harun Or Rashid in Rajbari-2 constituency.

Khandokar Nasirul Islam in Faridpur-1 constituency, Nadira Akhter in Madaripur-1 constituency, Jahandar Ali Khan in Madaripur-2 constituency, Nasir Hossain Chowdhury in Sunamganj-2 constituency, Nurul Islam in Sunamganj-4 constituency, Ariful Haque Chowdhury in Sylhet-4 constituency, Reza Kibria in Habiganj-1 constituency, Md. Selim Bhuiyan in Comilla-2 constituency, Mostafa Kamal Pasha in Chittagong-3 constituency, Gias Uddin Quader Chowdhury in Chittagong-6 constituency, Mohammad Abu Sufian in Chittagong-9 constituency, Nazmul Mostafa Amin in Chittagong-15 constituency and Alamgir Mahfuz Ullah Farid in Cox’s Bazar-2 constituency.

Although there was talk of primary nominations for 237 seats on November 3, today the BNP Secretary General said that the possibility of changing candidates for the announced seats is very low.