BNP leaves 4 seats open for Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has announced a seat-sharing agreement with Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Bangladesh, leaving four seats without any candidate for the party to contest in those constituencies.
BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir made the announcement today (23 December) following a meeting with Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam at the BNP chairperson's political office in Gulshan, the capital.
Under the agreement, BNP will not field any candidates in Nilphamari-1 (Domar-Demla), Narayanganj-4 (Fatullah), Sylhet-5 (Jaintiapur-Kanaighat), and Brahmanbaria-2 (Sarail-Ashuganj). The Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam nominated candidates for these seats are Maulana Md Monzurul Islam Afendi, Mufti Monir Hossain Qasemi, Maulana Md Ubaydullah Farooq, and Maulana Md Zunaid Al Habib, respectively.
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In return, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam has agreed not to contest in other constituencies where BNP is running.
