Ctg AL meets to prepare list of candidates
Leaders of Chittagong city unit Awami League at an extended meeting here yesterday prepared the lists of probable candidates for four constituencies under Chittagong City Corporation areas.
The constituencies are Chittagong-7, Chittagong-8, Chittagong-9 and Chittagong-10.
The lists of AL aspirants were being made till filing of the report at 7:30pm through voting of the grassroots level leaders at the meeting at a local community centre with CCC Mayor ABM Mohiuddin Chowdhury in the chair.
The grassroots level leaders of the concerned constituencies, including presidents and secretaries of different wards and upazilas, exercised their franchise to help make the lists.
City unit General Secretary Kazi Enamul Hoque Danu conducted the meeting where senior leaders, including Vice President Nurul Islam and Joint Secretary Ibrahim Hossain Chowdhury Babul, took part.
Kazi Enamul said they would finalise the list comprising five aspirants from each constituency and would send the names to the party's central committee for final decision.
Earlier, several aspirants of the constituencies collected forms from the party and submitted those to the city unit leaders.
At least nine aspirants have already submitted their forms to the party leaders seeking nominations from the most prestigious constituency Chittagong-8 (Kotwali and 14 CCC wards) that incorporates 3,21,752 voters.
The aspirants are CCC Mayor Mohiuddin, his wife Hasina Mohiuddin, former city unit president MA Mannan, Kazi Enamul Hoque Danu, Nurul Islam, Ibrahim Hossain, Jubo League city unit Organising Secretary MA Rashid and AL leader AZM Nasir.
Four aspirants -- Nurul Islam, businessman Abdus Salam, Abul Kalam and Moslem Uddin Ahmad -- sought nominations from Chittagong-7.
Eight candidates -- Mayor Mohiuddin, Dr Afsarul Amin, Khorshed Alam Sujan, Nurul Afsar Miah, Badiul Alam, Mansur Alam, Hajee Mohsin and Ward Councillor Javed Nazrul Islam -- collected forms from Chittgaong-9.
Dr Afsarul, Sujan, Jubo League central Presidium Member Altaf Hossain Bachchu and freedom fighter Enamul Hoque Chowdhury have submitted their forms to compete in the Chittagong-10 constituency.
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