This time, NCP’s Jhuma and Manik withdrew from the elections

Special Correspondent

Leaders of the National Citizens Party (NCP) are leaving the party and their posts one by one. In continuation of this, Advocate Manjila Sultana Jhuma, the organizer of the party’s central committee for the southern region, has also added her name to the list. On the last day of filing nominations, she announced that she would not contest the elections.

Jhuma shared this information on his verified Facebook post on Sunday, December 28th, at around 2 am.

In a Facebook post, Jhuma said that out of the 125 seats that NCP initially nominated, he was nominated to contest from Khagrachari constituency number 298 under the Shapla Koli mark. The party’s Khagrachari district convener withdrew his nomination on the 24th. The last date for submission is Monday.

He further said, “I informed the party convener, Mr. Nahid Islam, of my decision 2 hours ago today. I am not participating in the election.”

Jhuma was supposed to contest the election from Khagrachari under the NCP’s Shapla Kali symbol. It was rumored that his name was in the seat agreement with eight parties including Jamaat-e-Islami. After various dramas, the NCP’s alliance and seat agreement with eight parties including Jamaat was finalized. It is said that the NCP will get the opportunity to contest in 30-35 seats. Of which, at least 5 seats are in Dhaka.

Meanwhile, before and after the announcement of the alliance with Jamaat, several NCP leaders have resigned from the party or announced their inactivity. Among them, joint convener Tajnubha Jabin and senior joint member secretary Tasneem Zara resigned. Joint convener from Naogaon Monira Sharmin announced that she would not participate in the elections. Joint convener Nusrat Tabassum said that she would be inactive in all party activities during the elections.

NCP leader Manik withdraws from elections

Zubairul Alam Manik, a founding central member of the NCP who was discussed for leading terrorism on the front lines in Chittagong during the July terror attacks, has announced that he will not contest the 13th National Parliament election from the Chittagong-13 (Anowara-Karnaphuli) constituency.

He announced this decision on his Facebook profile on Monday, December 29th.

In a Facebook post, he said that although the party had different goals and objectives from the beginning, it has decided to participate in the elections with the pre-planned Jamaat-e-Islami or the eight-party alliance.

In this context, he has decided not to run for election as it is not possible to realize his expected political goals.