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HC verdict influenced by govt to hamper polls: Fakhrul.

HC verdict influenced by govt to hamper polls: Fakhrul

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HC verdict influenced by govt to hamper polls: Fakhrul

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Daily Life

BD Correspondent:

Bangladesh Nationalist Party general secretary Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir on Tuesday said the High Court’s verdict barring convicts to contest polls with appeals pending was influenced by the government to hamper election.

He came up with the comment while talking to reporters on the second day of distributing nomination letters to candidates of the party and BNP-led alliance.

Fakhrul said the alliance partners are unlikely to get the nomination in more than 60 constituencies. He also said so far nomination letters for 15 constituencies are handed over to candidates of alliance partners.

The BNP secretary general said so far 800 nomination letters are handed over on Monday and Tuesday.

Fakhrul said they have nominated two candidates in most seats while single ones only in the constituencies of party senior leaders. He said they keep additional runners to replace in case of any candidate’s nomination is annulled during scrutiny.

The distribution for the second day started at the party chairperson's Gulshan office around 12:45pm with handing over a party ticket to Shahria Islam Shaila for Faridpur-4 seat.

Later, Mohammad Shahidul Islam and Emaran Saleh Prince received the party’s nomination letters for Faridpur-2 and Mymensingh-1 constituencies respectively.

Like the previous day, a large number of supporters of party nomination hopefuls started gathering in front of the BNP chairperson’s office since 10:00am.