The ruling Awami League has asked the party grassroots to support a single candidate in the upcoming upazila parishad elections.
The instruction was given to the presidents and secretaries of district units through a letter signed by General Secretary Syed Ashraful Islam, party insiders confirmed to the Dhaka Tribune.
The letters could be sent today.
The Election Commission has declared the schedule for polls in 102 upazilas to be held on February 19.
Sources said the grassroots leaders had been asked to choose party candidates through joint meetings of the districts committee with the presidents and secretaries of ward, union and upazila units.
Organising Secretary Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury told the Dhaka Tribune that as a local-body election, there was no scope for a party to interfere officially.
He said the party’s central committee had decided to support a single candidate in each upazila parishad.
Khalid, however, said he was not aware of issuance of letters.
Sources said the last working committee meeting, headed by party President Sheikh Hasina, made the decision on January 18.
