A total of 71 Awami League MPs, including three state ministers and 68 members of parliament, of the 11th parliament have been dropped from the nomination list of the ruling Awami League to contest the upcoming 12th national parliamentary polls.
This time Awami League did not pick party lawmaker Md Mazharul Haque Prodhan of Panchagarh-1, Alhaj Md Dabirul Islam of Thakurgaon-2, HN Ashequr Rahman of Rangpur-5, M A Matin of Kurigram-3, Md Zakir Hossain of Kurigram-4, Md Monowar Hossain Chowdhury of Gaibandha-4, Mohammad Salim Uddin Tarafdar of Naogaon-3, Md Habibur Rahman of Bogra-5, Md Emad Uddin Pk of Naogaon-4, Md Ayeen Uddin of Rajshahi-3, Enamul Haque of Rajshahi-4, Md Mansur Rahman of Rajshahi-5, Md Habibe Millat of Sirajganj-2, Tanveer Imam of Sirajganj-4, Merina Jahan of Sirajganj-6, Md Nuruzzaman Biswas of Pabna-4, Mohammad Shahiduzzaman of Meherpur-2, Md Shafiqul Azam Khan of Jhenaidah-3, Md Nasir Uddin of Jessore-2, Ranajit Kumar Roy of Jessore-4, Md Saifuzzaman Shikhor of Magura -1, Md Amirul Alam Milon of Bagerhat-4, Panchanan Biswas of Khulna-1, Begum Monnujan Sufian of Khulna-3, Md Akhteruzzaman of Khulna-6, Mir Mushtaque Ahmed Robi of Satkhira-2, SM Jaglul Hayder of Satkhira-4, Showkat Hasanur Rahman (Rimon) of Barguna-2, Md Shah-e-Alam of Barisal-2, Pankaj Nath of Barisal-4, Ataur Rahman Khan of Tangail-3, Mohammad Hasan Imam Khan of Tangail-4, Md Sanowar Hossain of Tangail-5, Md Joaherul Islam of Tangail-8, Abul Kalam Azad of Jamalpur-1, Md Murad Hasan of Jamalpur-4, Md Mozaffar Hossain of Jamalpur-5, AKM Fazlul Haque of Sherpur-3, Nazim Uddin Ahmed of Mymensingh-3, KM Khalid of Mymensingh-5, Anwarul Abedin Khan of Mymensingh-9, Manu Majumdar of Netrokona-1, Waresat Hussain Belal of Netrokona-5, Nur Mohammad of Kishoreganj-2, AM Naimur Rahman of Manikganj-1, Md Kazi Monirul Islam of Dhaka-5, Haji Md Salim of Dhaka-7, Md Shafiul Islam of Dhaka-10, AKM Rahmatullah of Dhaka-11, Md Sadek Khan of Dhaka-13, Aga Khan Moftu of Dhaka-14, Mohammed Iqbal Hossain of Gazipur-3, Zahirul Haque Bhuiyan Mohan of Narsingdi-3, Manjur Hossain of Faridpur-1, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain of Faridpur-3, Mouazzam Hossain Ratan of Sunamganj-1, Jaya Sen Gupta of Sunamganj-2, Hafiz Ahmed Majumder of Sylhet-5, Nesar Ahmed of Maulvibazar-3, Gazi Mohammad Shahnawaz of Habiganj-1, Md Abdul Majid Khan of Habiganj-2, Mohammad Ebadul Karim of Brahmanbaria-5, Mohammad Shubid Ali Bhuiyan of Comilla-1, Nasimul Alam Chowdhury of Comilla-8, Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir of Chandpur-1, Md Nurul Amin of Chandpur-2, Ayesha Ferdaus of Noakhali-6, Engineer Mosharraf Hossain of Chittagong-1, Didarul Alam of Chittagong-4, Shamsul Haque Chowdhury of Chittagong-12, Zafar Alam of Cox's Bazar-1 for the 12th parliament election race.
The three state ministers not picked are KM Khalid, Monnujan Sufian, and Zakir Hossain.
However, an Awami League leader and running MP did not express their interest to get a party nomination this time because of their old age. One is HN Ashequr Rahman of Rangpur-5 and another is Engineer Mosharraf Hossain of Chittagong-1.
Son of these two veterans, Awami League leaders Rasheq Rahman and Mahboob Rahman consecutively have been chosen instead of them in their constituency by Awami League.
On Sunday, the ruling party Awami League finalized the party candidate for the 12th national parliamentary election.
General Secretary Obaidul Quader announced the names of the candidates at a press conference at the party office at Bangabandhu Avenue in the capital.
