With Amanullah Aman’s fate hanging in the Election Commission, BNP has not taken any chance and has opted for his son instead for Dhaka-2 nomination.

Mirza Fakhrul Isalm Alamgir, secretary general of BNP, announced the nomination of Irfan Ibne Aman in a press conference from Khaleda Zia’s Gulshan office.

Amanullah Aman was rejected during Election Commission’s scrutiny for conviction in a case. His appeal will be disposed at the commission tomorrow.

The nomination of his son rules out any significance of his appeal hearing tomorrow, but is expected to serve similarly as the ticket has stayed within family.

ABOUT THE CONSTITUENCY

Dhaka-2 is constituted with Keraniganj Upazila except Jinjira, Agangar, Tegharia, Konda and Shuvatya Unions, Ward No 55, 56, 57 of Dhaka South City Corporation, and Savar Upazila’s Aminbazar, Tetuljhara, and Bhakurta Unions.

The seat has a big voter base of 494,313 voters, according to the Election Commission, among which 254,592 are male and 239,721 females. There are 181 voting centres in the constituency.

Irfan Ibne Aman’s major competition will be with Awami League leader Qamrul Islam, who has served two ministerial positions at the cabinet for the past two terms of government.

Others who are competing at this seat are Md Zahirul Islam from Islami Andolan Bangladesh, Ataullah from Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan, Shakil Ahmmed Shakil from Communist Party of Bangladesh, and independent candidate Md Maruf Khan.

WHEN IS THE ELECTION?

The 11th general election will be held on December 30. It was deferred once by the Election Commission upon demands from the opposition political parties.

As per the polls schedule, the deadline for filing the nomination papers was November 28. Since then, the commission has been engaged in hearing appeals of rejected candidates.

After December 9, the last date for nomination withdrawal, the commission will allot polls symbols to contestant and open the field for campaigning.