The BNP reformist candidates yesterday submitted nomination papers as ' individual' candidates for contesting the forthcoming parliamentary elections on December 29.
Some reformist leaders and former MP's of the party who have track records of successive victories in the previous parliamentary polls have submitted their candidature from different constituencies in the country.
The submission of nomination papers by these deprived leaders would certainly pose a potential threat to the BNP candidates in the polls, political analysts said.
Most of these leaders were not evaluated properly despite their positive field level reports.
Former BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan has submitted nomination papers to the returning office of Shivpur in Narsinghdi for contesting the upcoming polls as an independent candidate.
The other reformists of BNP who have applied to run as independent candidates as independent candidates in the upcoming parliamentary polls.
ZA Khan, former BNP Chairperson's adviser Dhaka-18, Mosharef Hossain Shahjahan, former state minister for Bhola-1, Shah Md Abul Hossain for Barisal-4, Abdul Alim for Joypurhat-1, Mofiqul Hasan Tripty for Jessore-1, Mosharraf Hossain Mangur for Barisal-3, Ataur Rahman Khan Angur for Narayanganj-2, Dr Rustum Ali Farazi for Pirojpur-3, Alhaj Syed Mokbul Hossain Lechu Mia for Sylhet- 6 and former whip of the Jatiya Sangsad Syed Shahidul Huq Jamal for Barisal-2 and Pirojpur- 2 constituencies, among those, submitted nominations papers yesterday.
Earlier the BNP parliamentary board on Saturday had given nominations to some leaders being considered reformist.
Among those who managed nominations are former Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman, Maj (retd) Hafizuddin Ahmed, former minister and Lt Gen (retd) Mahbubur Rahman, former parliamentary defence committee chairman.
Subject: Reformists still threat to BNP 
Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:23 am
