Actor Mahiya Mahi has decided to contest the upcoming national parliamentary polls as an independent candidate after failing to secure nomination from Awami League
Earlier, the Dhallywood actor collected nomination form for the Rajshahi-1 and Chapainawabganj-2 constituency for Awami League. However, she was not named in the party's final nomination list.
On Monday, the actor’s representatives collected nomination form on her behalf for the Rajshahi-1 seat.
Mahiya Mahi said she does not find it problematic that the Awami League did not choose her. “Those who have been in politics for years are eligible for nomination. The party has nominated whoever it deems worthy.”
Mahi collected her form in her real name, Sharmin Akhter Nipa.
Mahiya Mahi's ancestral home is in Nachol Upazila of Chapainawabganj. Her maternal grandfather's house is in the Tanore upazila of Rajshahi.
The actor had been trying for a while to get an Awami League nomination in any of these constituencies: Chapainawabganj-2, consisting of Nachol, Bholahat, and Gomostapur upazilas, and Rajshahi-1, consisting of Tanore and Godagari upazilas.
This time, Omar Farooq Chowdhury, the current Member of Parliament and former president of the district Awami League, has been nominated for the Rajshahi-1 constituency. He has held this seat as a member of parliament since 2008.