BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir went to the city to campaign for party candidate Shakhawat Hossain on Saturday.
“Nobody is safe under this government which has infringed democracy and basic rights,” Fakhrul told the media. “The people are being denied the right to vote... The future of the national election is riding on this [NCC] election.”
Narayanganj is slated to go to polls on December 22.
Last week, NCC mayoral candidates sought army deployment during a discussion with Election Commissioner Jabed Ali, for a fair election.
Meanwhile, after meeting law enforcement agencies on Saturday, Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad said there was no need to deploy the army in the NCC polls.
Ruling Awami League candidate Selina Hayat Ivy is believed to be the favourite candidate. She had won the maiden NCC polls in 2012 to become the first woman to hold the city corporation mayor's office in Bangladesh.
Fakhrul went to the city BNP office in the morning and interacted with the media. He accompanied party candidate Shakhawat and activists of the BNP-led 20-party alliance as they paraded through key roads in the city.
The BNP secretary general said he hoped the people would make the “right decision” and vote for the BNP candidate.
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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
