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Jatiya Party picks nominees for 102 seats

Saturday, 15 November 2008


Jatiya Party (JP) has primarily announced its nominations against 102 constituencies for the upcoming general elections, reports bdnews24.com.
A list containing the primary nominations for 102 electoral seats has been made available through a press release issued from JP chairman's office Thursday.
The party has nominated HM Ershad to run for the parliament from Dhaka-17, Rangpur-3, Kurigram-2 and Hobiganj-3 constituencies, wife Rawshan Ershad from Mymensingh-4 and Gaibandha-2 and younger brother GM Kader, from Nilphamari-3, Lalmonirhat-3 and Dhaka-18.
Signed by Sunil Shuvo Roy, chairman's press secretary, the press release read, "Based on the recommendations received from the grassroots, the JP parliamentary board drew up a list of the primary nominations."
"The finalists will emerge while the party will nominate candidates to contest the polls as 'grand alliance' contestants, which will be published in phases for all the seats."
The primary nominations include acting chairman Anisul Islam Mahmud, who is to contest from Chittagong-4, Kazi Zafar Ahmad from Comilla-11, Ruhul Amin Howladar from Patuakhali-1, Mostafa Jamal Haider from Pirojpur-1, Sunil Gupta from Barisal-1, Jahangir Md Adel from Dhaka-7, Syed Abu Hossain Babla from Dhaka-5, Shamsul Haque from Chandpur-2, TI Fazle Rabbi from Gaibandha-3, Karimuddin Bharosha from Rangpur-4, Golam Habib Dulal from Kurigram-4, Fakir Ashraf from Netrokona-2, Nasim Osman from Narayangannj-5, Mojibul Haque Chunnu from Kishoreganj-3, Abdul Jabbar from Pirojpur-3, Khandakar Mahbub Hossain from Barguna-2, Maidul Islam from Kurigram-3, NK Alam Chowdhury/ Jafar Iqbal Siddiqui from Nilphamari-1 and Hafizuddin Ahmed from Thakurgaon-3.