Awami League Chief Sheikh Hasina told four senior party leaders not to be disappointed for not securing nominations to contest the parliamentary elections slated for Dec 30.
AL joint general secretaries, Jahangir Kabir Nanak and Abdur Rahman, organising secretaries, BM Muzzammel Haque and AFM Bahauddin Nasim have not secured the party’s ticket this time.
Sources said that the four leaders went to Ganobhaban at 5pm on Tuesday (Nov 27) at the invitation of Sheikh Hasina.
During the meeting, Hasina consoled them and urged them to not be disappointed, sources said.
Nanak has been replaced by Dhaka metro North unit General Secretary Sadek Khan for Dhaka-13 while retired bureaucrat Manjur Hossain Bulbul received the party ticket instead of Rahman in Faridpur-1 constituency.
Awami League has nominated office secretary, Abdus Sobhan Golap for Madaripur-3, the seat where Bahauddin Nasim contested in 2014.
Meanwhile, organising secretary, Muzzammel Haque has been replaced by central working committee member, Md Iqbal Hossain Opu in Shariatpur-1.