By-elections: Jatiya Party to start selling nomination forms from tomorrow

Jatiya Party will start selling nomination forms among the party's prospective candidates for the upcoming by-elections of Naogaon-6, Dhaka-5 and Pabna-4 from tomorrow.

The constituencies fell vacant following the demise of respective MPs of those constituencies.

Nomination forms will be sold daily from 10:00am to 5:00pm from the party chairperson's office at Dhaka's Banani area.

Prospective candidates have been requested to collect the nomination forms following health guidelines and without forming crowds. Nomination forms will be accepted till August 29.

Interview of prospective candidates will be taken at the Jatiya Party Chairman's office from August 31, the party said in a release.

Meanwhile, Jatiya Party Chairman GM Quader today said as a democratic party, JP will participate in all the elections.

"We have already started working to finalise strong candidates to contest in the upcoming by-elections," GM Quader said while planting trees at the Jatiya Sangsad premises on the occasion of Mujib Borsho, birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

GM Quader, also deputy leader of the opposition, said in every by-election, JP will contest as a strong political force.

JP co-chairmen Kazi Feroz Rashid, Mujibul Haque Chunnu, Salma Islam, presidium members Fakhrul Imam, Maj (retd) Rana Mohammad Sohel, among others, were present at the programme.