33 candidates collect nomination papers in Khulna’s six seats
Jatiya Party Presidium Member Sunil Shubho Roy also collected papers as a candidate of Sammilito Jatiya Jote.
A total of 33 candidates from eight political parties, along with independents, have so far collected nomination papers in six parliamentary constituencies of Khulna ahead of the upcoming 13th national elections.
Of the candidates, 10 are from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), six from Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, three from Islami Andolan Bangladesh, three from Khelafat Majlish, three from the Jatiya Party, two from the Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB), and one each from the Nationalist Democratic Movement (NDM), Islami Jatiya Oikya Front (IJOF) and Sammilito Jatiya Jote. Three independent candidates have also collected nomination papers.
In Khulna-1 constituency, nomination papers were collected by BNP's Amir Ejaj Khan, Jamaat's Krishna Nandi, independent candidate and former Chhatra Dal leader Gobinda Halder, Jatiya Party's Md Jahangir Hossain and CPB's Kishore Kumar Roy. Jatiya Party Presidium Member Sunil Shubho Roy also collected papers as a candidate of Sammilito Jatiya Jote.
In Khulna-2, BNP's Nazrul Islam Manju and Shafiqul Alam Tuhin, Jamaat's Sheikh Jahangir Hossain Helal, Islami Andolan's Mufti Aman Ullah and Khelafat Majlish's Md Shahidul Islam collected nomination papers.
In Khulna-3, BNP's Rakibul Islam Bakkul, Jamaat's Mahfuzur Rahman, Islami Andolan's Hafez Abdul Awwal, NDM's Sheikh Arman Hossain, Khelafat Majlish's FM Harun-Or-Rashid, and independent candidates Abdur Rouf Mollah and Abul Hasnat Siddique collected papers.
In Khulna-4, BNP's Azizul Bari Helal, Jamaat's Md Kabirul Islam, Islami Andolan's Hafez Maulana Yunus Ahmed, Khelafat Majlish's Maulana SM Sakhawat Hossain, Jatiya Party's Syed Abul Kasem and independent candidate ASM Azmal Hossain collected nomination papers.
In Khulna-5, BNP's Ali Azgar Lobi, Shafi Mohammad Khan and Mollah Mosharraf Hossain Mofiz, Jamaat's Mia Golam Parwar, CPB's Chitta Ranjan Halder and Jatiya Party's Shamim Ara Parveen collected papers.
In Khulna-6, BNP's Monirul Hasan Bappi, Jamaat's Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and independent candidate Asadul Bishwas collected nomination papers to contest the polls.
