The BNP has decided to let grassroots leaders of the BNP-Jamaat alliance sort out how they would share mayoral seats among themselves for the December 30 municipal polls.
If they fail to decide themselves, BNP sources said that party Chairperson Khaleda Zia – as a backup – has a list prepared with names of finalised candidates.
The decisions were made at a BNP Standing Committee meeting at Khaleda's Gulshan office last night.
Taking to reporters following the meeting, BNP acting secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir alleged that the government has been pressuring BNP candidates to withdraw from the municipality polls race. Leaders and activists of the BNP-led alliance were also being arrested indiscriminately, Fakhrul alleged.
The BNP will create divisional committees which will work alongside a central monitoring committee to observe the election, Fakhrul said.