Jatiya Party (JaPa) Secretary General Mujibul Haque Chunnu sees bringing the voters to the polling centres as the main challenge in the upcoming election.
“We wanted voters can exercise their franchise rights freely by coming to the voting centres. We were assured that voters would be able to freely cast their votes in the election,” he said.
He said this while talking to reporters during interviews of nomination aspirants of Rangpur and Rajshahi divisions at the party’s chairman office in Dhaka’s Banani on Friday, said a media release signed by Khandaker Delwar Jalali, press secretary-2 of the party chairman.
Replying to a question, he said there is no split in the JaPa and they are united under party Chairman GM Quader.
Recalling the role of Raushan Ershad in founding the party, Secretary General Chunnu said: “We will give all kinds of cooperation if she joins the election. Raushan Ershad and Saad Ershad are yet to take the nomination papers.”
There is no timeframe for Raushan Ershad to take the nomination form and she will be served with it whenever she desires, he said.
Chunnu alleged that many nomination aspirants could not come to Dhaka to take nomination papers due to the hartal and blockade. Hence it was extended for one day.
“One more form was distributed in almost all seats. Interview of candidates is on, hopefully, our final list of candidates will be disclosed on November 27,” he said.
The secretary-general said that the nomination board president and also party chairman will finalize the nomination upon mandates from the nomination board and he will be able to change the nomination once wished.
The rebel candidates will be fired if he or she contests in the elections against the party decision, he warned.
Nomination aspirants of Khulna, Barisal, Sylhet divisions will be interviewed on Saturday and the aspirants of Dhaka, Chittagong and Mymensingh will face the interview on Sunday.
A total of 1,752 nomination forms have so far been distributed among possible candidates in all seats.
