Awami League will finalise its candidates for the next general election in the first week of November and begin to distribute nomination papers among aspirants from November 10.
The party planned to field its candidates a bit earlier so that it can take time to redress grievances of the rejected nomination seekers.
Party’s parliamentary board at its meeting at prime minister’s official residence Ganabhaban on Sunday night took the decision.
AL President Sheikh Hasina, also the prime minister, presided over the meeting.
The meeting was attended by party senior leaders Syeda Sajeda Chowdhury, Amir Hossain Amu, Tofail Ahmed, Suranjit Sengupta, Syed Ashraful Islam, Kari Zafarullah and Dr Alaudin Ahmed.
The party also decided to increase the price of the nomination paper from Tk10,000 to 25,000.
Earlier, party Chief Sheikh Hasina at a party’s election steering committee meeting said most of the party candidates would be selected shortly so that they could take full preparation.
The meeting also discussed its plan to organise a show of strength on November 3 at Suhrawardy Udyan ahead of the national polls.
Senior leaders at the meeting gave feedback on prime minister’s phone conversation with the opposition leader.
They told the meeting that the party had demonstrated its highest sincerity in holding dialogue with the opposition, said a meeting source.
Awami League should not show its interest anymore in talks unless BNP does not take a positive attitude and in that case the party should go ahead with election agenda, viewed the leaders.
