Nomination form collected for BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia from Feni-1 constituency
She has been elected member of parliament for five consecutive times from this constituency
Nomination form has been collected for BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia for the Feni-1 constituency (Fulgazi, Parshuram and Chhagalnaiya) for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election.
Abu Taleb, a member of the party's national executive committee, collected the nomination form on behalf of Khaleda Zia from the district returning officer's office this afternoon (21 December).
District Jatiyatabadi Lawyers Forum President Advocate Farid Uddin Khan Nayan, General Secretary Advocate Partha Pal Chowdhury, Zia Mancha District Convenor Advocate Shahjalal Bhunya Sabuj, Chhagalnaiya upazila Swechasebak Dal Convenor Zafar Hossain Majumdar, and Fulgazi upazila Jubo Dal Senior Joint Convener Nurul Huda Shaheen, among others, were present.
After collecting the nomination form, Abu Taleb said Khaleda Zia has been elected with large majorities in all the constituencies she has contested so far.
In politics, she has taken a place as an uncompromising leader, he added.
"As she is ill, I have collected the nomination form on behalf of Begum Zia as per decision of the central leaders. With the prayers of crores of people of the country, she will recover and come back to us again," he said.
Khaleda Zia's ancestral home is Sreepur in Fulgazi upazila of the district. She has been elected member of parliament for five consecutive times from this constituency.
