BNP starts interviewing mayoral hopefuls

BNP's nomination board has started interviewing the prty's 10 nomination seekers to finalise its mayoral candidates for the upcoming Khulna and Gazipur city polls, reports UNB.

The party's nomination board, comprising BNP standing committee members, started the interview around 5:30 pm with their first meeting with Khulna city general secretary Shafiqul Islam Mona, one of three mayoral nomination aspirants for Khulna city polls. After their meeting with the three aspirants, the BNP stranding committee members will interview seven party nomination aspirants for Gazipur city mayoral polls.

Earlier, 10 mayoral aspirants, including two incumbent mayors, collected BNP's nomination forms and submitted those to the party's Nayapaltan central office for contesting Khulna and Gazipur city polls with the party ticket.

The seven BNP aspirants of Gazipur mayoral race are current mayor and party vice chairman Prof MA Mannan, executive committee member Hasanuddin Sarkar, Sramik Dal executive president Salauddin Sarkar, Mannan's son M Manzurul Karim Roni, Gazipur district unit JCD president Sharfat Hossain and local BNP leaders Shawkat Hossain Sarkar and Abdus Salam.