The Awami League has finalised the list of lone councilor candidates from each ward in the upcoming city corporation polls in Dhaka.
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina finalised the list after holding a meeting with the presidents and secretaries of the party’s ward-level unit at her official residence Gonobhaban last evening, sources said. The list will be published tomorrow.
However, there is still no confirmation on whether Awami League’s partners from the 14-alliance have also agreed to support these lone councillor candidates.
Earlier, several ward-level leaders claimed to have sent single-candidate recommendations from their respective areas to the party’s central high command.
Sources also said that the ruling party’s central committee has collected candidature withdrawal forms with signatures from the rebel candidates.
On an average, more than five Awami League leaders have filed nomination papers from each of the wards under Dhaka North and South City Corporations.
There are allegations that without taking consent from peers, a number of presidents and secretaries of the party’s ward-level units have sent their names as the lone candidate from their areas.
The party is looking to narrow down to the locally popular candidates with the cleanest of images.
Awami League President and Prime Minister Sheikh has also reportedly collected intelligence on the local candidates.
