Two leaders of Awami League-led 14-party alliance are expected to have a neck-to-neck contest in Satkhira 1 constituency in the upcoming 10th parliamentary elections, as both candidates have been doing their election campaign in full swing.
Satkhira District Worker’s Party Secretary Mustafa Lutfullah has got the party nomination and will contest the polls with “boat” symbol. On the other hand, Kendrio Sainik League Organising Secretary SM Mujibur Rahman will contest the polls as an independent candidate with the symbol “deer.”
The constituency has arrangement of 146 polling centres for a total of 380,208 voters.
Local activists of Awami League have been divided into two groups centring the polls.
Young supporters of the ruling party have been campaigning for the independent candidate, while elder supporters have been advocating for Mustafa Lutfullah.
Meanwhile, supporters of BNP, Jamaat and Jatiya Party (Ershad) are not willing to cast their ballots in the constituency as Ershad and BNP-led 18-party alliance will not take part in the polls.
However, a section of BNP and Jatiya Party supporters has been campaigning for SM Mujibur Rahman.
Locals think it is tough to predict the winner.
