BNP to field six new faces in Chittagong

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BNP finalised nominations for 16 constituencies in Chittagong, including six new faces, 'ending tussles' among the party aspirants in the port city, party leaders said Thursday, reports bdnews24.com.
Chittagong-14 has been left to Jamaat-e-Islami, they added.
Chittagong city BNP stalwarts and former ministers Abdullah Al-Noman and Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury told the news agency that Noman would get the party ticket to run from Chittagong -9 (Double Mooring) instead of his previous seat of Chittagong-8 (Kotwali), and Chowdhury from Chittagong-10 also different from his previous home constituency.
Ex-lawmaker Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury will get the ticket for Chittagong-6 (Rangunia) and Giyas Uddin Quader Chowdhury for Raojan, local leaders said.
New nominees are expected to include Clipton Group proprietor Kamal Uddin Chowdhury for Chittagong-1 (Mirsarai), controversial justice Faisal Mahmud Faraizi for Chittagong-2 (Fatikchhari), industrialist Aslam Chowdhury for Chittagong-3 (Sitakund), BGMEA leader Ershad Ullah for Chittagong-7 (Chandgaon-Boalkhali), Shamsul Alam for Chittagong-8 (Kotwali), Mizanul Haque Chowdhury for Chittagong-13 (Chand-anaish).
Candidates for other seats are expected to remain the same as in previous elections. They are Wahidul Alam for Chittagong-4 (Hathazari), Gazi Shahjahan Jewel for Chittagong-11 (Patiya), Sarwar Jamal Nizam Chittagong-12 (Anwara), Zafrul Islam Chowdhury Chittagong-15 (Banshkhali) and Mostafa Kamal Pasha Chittagong-16.