Welcoming the schedule announced for the upcoming national polls of Bangladesh, the Trinamool BNP has announced that they will nominate candidates for all 300 constituencies in the polls.
The party will distribute party nomination papers from Saturday.
Party’s Chairperson Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury made the announcement at a press conference held at Hotel Shinepukur Suites in Gulshan around 11:30am on Thursday.
“Yesterday (Wednesday) the Chief Election Commissioner officially announced the schedule of the 12th national parliamentary polls. This schedule has been announced according to the constitution of Bangladesh. Trinamool BNP welcomes this schedule. At the same time we want to say that Trinamool BNP is an election oriented party. We are preparing to participate in the polls,” said the party’s chairperson.
He further said: “Trinamool BNP hopes that the polls will be peaceful and transparency will be ensured. Security of all candidates, voters and polling stations must be fully ensured for this election.”
The party also hopes that there will be no interference from administration and law enforcement agencies in any way in the polls.
The Election Commission should carry out the legal powers conferred on them by the Constitution in full, said Shamsher Mobin.
It was informed in the press conference that the nomination fee has been fixed at Tk5,000. The party will interview the candidates on November 21, 22 and 23. After that the candidate will be finalized.