The Awami League and BNP rebel candidates are weighing heavily against their party-nominated candidates vying for the Nakla upazila parishad election slated to be held on June 26.
A total of 15 candidates are competing for the posts of chairmen, vice-chairmen and women vice-chairmen.
The forthcoming poll turns out to be a talking point and holds an extra interest to voters as the constituency belongs to Awami League presidium member and incumbent Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury.
There are a total of three rebel candidates from the Awami League and two from the BNP contesting the post of chairman in the election.
The ruling party has nominated Shah Mohammad Borhan Uddin, incumbent UP chairman, to again run for the post while the BNP has given the nod to Mahbub Ali Chowdhury, alias Munir Chowdhury, former chairman of the upazila.
The Awami League rebel candidates fighting for the post of chairman are acting president of the upazila AL Md Golam Rabbani, Jubo League leader Md Munir Hossain and Awami League activist Shawkat Hossain Khan Mukul.
The BNP rebel candidates are Zahid Hossain Badsha and Zahurul Islam Manzu contesting the chairman post.
A total of three candidates from the AL are running for the posts of vice-chairmen while only one BNP candidate vies for it.
Besides, the Awami-backed former vice-chairman Umme Kulsum Renu, Lucky Akter and Hazera Begum are running for the women vice-chairman posts while Dewan Kohinur and Latifa Begum Usha are running from the BNP.
The Awami League and BNP leaders, plus voters are seized with apprehension about the victory of their party-nominated candidates facing a surge of rebels.
The upazila has a total of 1,32,604 voters. Of them 66,005 are female voters and 65, 342 male.
The election will be held in 63 polls centres across Nakla.
